A survey of Scottish primary care dental practitioners' oral cancer-related practices and training requirements

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-30

  McCann, M F ^a   Macpherson, L M D ^a   Binnie, V I ^a   Stephen, K W ^a  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; Oral cancer; Prevention; Primary dental care; Training needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOUTH TUMOR; ONCOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034153271     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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