Oral cancer examinations among U.S. Hispanics in 1998

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Canto, Maria T ^a   Drury, Thomas F ^b   Horowitz, Alice M ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038700874     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15430154JCE1801_15     Document Type: Article

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