Oral cancer screening: 5 Minutes to save a life

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9475, 2005, Pages 1905-1906

  Mignogna, Michele D ^a   Fedele, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20444367341     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66635-4     Document Type: Note

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