Health professionals' baseline knowledge of oral/pharyngeal cancers

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-81

  McCunniff, Michael D ^a   Barker, Gerry J ^a   Barker, Bruce E ^a   Williams, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033932236     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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