Assessing oral cancer knowledge among dental students in South Carolina

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-378

  Cannick, Gabrielle F ^a   Horowitz, Alice M ^b   Drury, Thomas F ^b   Reed, Susan G ^a   Day, Terry A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental students; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOUTH CANCER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO; TONGUE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; ONCOLOGY; PRECANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 17144369814     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0180     Document Type: Article

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