The role of primary healthcare professionals in oral cancer prevention and detection

British Dental Journal

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 277-281

  Macpherson, L M D ^a,d   McCann, M F ^b   Gibson, J ^a   Binnie, V I ^c   Stephen, K W ^d  

^a Department of Dental Public Health ^*

^b Primary Dental Care   (United Kingdom)

^c Oral Hlth Prom/Dent Public Health

^d GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SORE THROAT; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0642311255     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810481     Document Type: Article

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