Oral cancer risk perception among participants in an oral cancer screening program

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-158

  Hay, Jennifer L ^a   Ostroff, Jamie S ^a   Cruz, Gustavo D ^b   LeGeros, Racquel Z ^b   Kenigsberg, Herbert ^c   Franklin, D Mercedes ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036194533     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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