Fortnightly review: Oral cancer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7190, 1999, Pages 1051-1054

  Zakrzewska, Joanna M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOBACCO; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0033577554     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7190.1051     Document Type: Article

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