Maryland adults' perspectives on oral cancer prevention and early detection

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1058-1063

  Horowitz, Alice M ^a   Canto, Maria T ^a   Child, Wendy L ^b  

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

^b Natl Inst Dent Craniofacial Res ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036690144     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2002.0329     Document Type: Article

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