Knowledge of oral cancer risk factors and diagnostic concepts among North Carolina dentists: Implications for diagnosis and referral

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 602-610

  Patton, Lauren L ^a   Elter, John R ^a   Southerland, Janet H ^a   Strauss, Ronald P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early detection; Mouth neoplasm; Oral and pharyngeal cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOUTH CANCER; ORAL BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20044377294     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0231     Document Type: Article

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