Opinions and attitudes of the UK's GDPs and specialists in oral surgery, oral medicine and surgical dentistry on oral cancer screening

Oral Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-199

  Kujan, O ^a   Duxbury, A J ^a   Glenny, A M ^a   Thakker, N S ^a   Sloan, P ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental specialists; General dental practitioners; Oral cancer; Prevention; Screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL MEDICINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGERY, ORAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 33645119363     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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