Awareness of mouth cancer in Great Britain

British Dental Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-169

  West, R ^a   Alkhatib, M N ^b   McNeill, A ^a   Bedi, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

EID: 32644489995     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813197     Document Type: Article

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