Factors associated with delay in presentation among younger patients with oral cancer

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 707-713

  Llewellyn, Carrie D ^a   Johnson, Newell W ^a   Warnakulasuriya, Saman ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942516485     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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