Racial differences in stage at diagnosis of screenable oral cancers in North Carolina

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 352-354

  Arbes Jr , Samuel J ^a   Slade, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mouth neoplasms; Neoplasm staging; North Carolina; Oral health

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; JAW TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; TONGUE TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALATAL NEOPLASMS; POVERTY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030225240     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1996.tb02464.x     Document Type: Article

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