Use of skin and oral cancer examinations in the United States, 1998

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 278-282

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042125276     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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