Pooled estimate of world leukoplakia prevalence: A systematic review

Oral Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 770-780

  Petti, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oral cancer; Oral leukoplakia; Prevalence; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642326022     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(03)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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