Oral cancer; the evidence for sexual transmission

British Dental Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-207

  Scully, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 27744444322     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812612     Document Type: Review

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