Continuity of care and early diagnosis of head and neck cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 510-516

  Reid, Britt C ^a   Rozier, R Gary ^b  

^a Graduate Program in Craniofacial Biology   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health services; Medicare; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646150912     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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