"Scheduling delay" in oral cancer diagnosis: A new protagonist

Oral Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-146

  Dios, P Diz ^a,b   González, N Padrón ^a   Lestón, J Seoane ^a   Carmona, I Tomás ^a   Posse, J Limeres ^a   Varela Centelles, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dental hygienists; Diagnostic delay; Early detection; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TONGUE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; ULCER; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTISTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13444274380     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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