Delay in presentation of oral cancer: A multifactor analytical study

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-17

  Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Heller, R F ^b   Pandey, Upendra ^c   Tewari, Varsha ^a   Bala, Nidhi ^c   Oanh, Khuat Thi Hai ^d  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^d Clinical Epidemiology Unit   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035220048     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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