Coverage and quality of oral cancer information in the popular press: 1987-98

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Canto, María T ^a,b   Kawaguchi, Yoko ^b   Horowitz, Alice M ^b  

^a National Institutes of Health ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Magazines; Newspapers; Oral cancer; Prevention; Public

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH TUMOR; PLANT; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING; DATABASES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PERIODICALS; PLANTS, TOXIC; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032082929     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1998.tb03000.x     Document Type: Review

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