Oral cancer knowledge and opinions among Maryland nurse practitioners

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 138-144

  Siriphant, Piya ^b   Drury, Thomas F ^a   Horowitz, Alice M ^a   Harris, Ruth M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic procedures; Knowledge; Nurse practitioners; Oral cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035378869     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2001.tb03380.x     Document Type: Article

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