Dental hygienists and oral cancer prevention: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors in Italy

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 638-644

  Nicotera, Gaetano ^a   Gnisci, Francesca ^a   Bianco, Aida ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Dental hygienists; Italy; Knowledge; Oral cancer; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEUKOPLAKIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH HYGIENE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842529549     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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