Oral cancer examinations among adults at high risk: Findings from the 1998 national health interview survey

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-125

  Macek, Mark D ^a   Reid, Britt C ^b   Yellowitz, Janet A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Health surveys; Mouth neoplasms; Smoking; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDENTULOUSNESS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041919499     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2003.tb03485.x     Document Type: Review

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