Mastication

"Mastication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.

Descriptor ID	D008409
MeSH Number(s)	G07.203.650.283.500 G10.261.330.500
Concept/Terms	Mastication Mastication Chewing

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mastication".

Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Diet, Food, and Nutrition [G07.203]
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena [G07.203.650]
Eating [G07.203.650.283]
Mastication [G07.203.650.283.500]
Digestive System and Oral Physiological Phenomena [G10]
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena [G10.261]
Eating [G10.261.330]
Mastication [G10.261.330.500]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2017	2	1	3
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	1	1
2024	1	1	2

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Aweau K, Erari S, Im S, Murphy K, Pokhrel P, Herzog TA. What Motivates Betel Quid Chewers to Quit? An Analysis of Several Cessation-Relevant Variables. Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(7):1095-1101.

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Ghosh T, Han Y, Raju V, Hossain D, McCrory MA, Higgins J, Boushey C, Delp EJ, Sazonov E. Integrated image and sensor-based food intake detection in free-living. Sci Rep. 2024 01 18; 14(1):1665.

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Biggs LAF, Franke AA, Farrar CE. Altered Fluorescence of Buccal Cells as a Candidate Biomarker for Areca Nut Chewing. Subst Use Misuse. 2020; 55(9):1450-1456.

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Franke AA, Li X, Custer LJ, Lai JF. Chemical Markers for Short- and Long-Term Areca Nut Exposure. Subst Use Misuse. 2020; 55(9):1395-1402.

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Franke AA, Biggs L, Yew JY, Lai JF. Areca alkaloids measured from buccal cells using DART-MS serve as accurate biomarkers for areca nut chewing. Drug Test Anal. 2019 Jun; 11(6):906-911.

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Paulino YC, Hurwitz EL, Ogo JC, Paulino TC, Yamanaka AB, Novotny R, Wilkens LR, Miller MJ, Palafox NA. Epidemiology of areca (betel) nut use in the mariana islands: Findings from the University of Guam/University of Hawai`i cancer center partnership program. Cancer Epidemiol. 2017 10; 50(Pt B):241-246.

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Paulino YC, Ettienne R, Novotny R, Wilkens LR, Shomour M, Sigrah C, Remengesau SD, Johnson EL, Alfred JM, Gilmatam DF. Areca (betel) nut chewing practices of adults and health behaviors of their children in the Freely Associated States, Micronesia: Findings from the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Program. Cancer Epidemiol. 2017 10; 50(Pt B):234-240.

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Hernandez BY, Zhu X, Goodman MT, Gatewood R, Mendiola P, Quinata K, Paulino YC. Betel nut chewing, oral premalignant lesions, and the oral microbiome. PLoS One. 2017; 12(2):e0172196.

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Franke AA, Lai JF, Kawamoto CT, Pokhrel P, Herzog TA. University of Hawai'i Cancer Center connection: Areca (betel) nut consumption: an underappreciated cause of cancer. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Dec; 73(12):400-3.

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Islami F, Pourshams A, Vedanthan R, Poustchi H, Kamangar F, Golozar A, Etemadi A, Khademi H, Freedman ND, Merat S, Garg V, Fuster V, Wakefield J, Dawsey SM, Pharoah P, Brennan P, Abnet CC, Malekzadeh R, Boffetta P. Smoking water-pipe, chewing nass and prevalence of heart disease: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Golestan Cohort Study, Iran. Heart. 2013 Feb; 99(4):272-8.

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