Adequacy of training in oral cancer prevention and screening as self-assessed by physicians, nurse practitioners, and dental health professionals

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 758-764

  Patton, Lauren L ^a   Ashe, Tanya E ^a   Elter, John R ^b   Southerland, Janet H ^a   Strauss, Ronald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ONCOLOGY; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTISTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ODDS RATIO; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TOBACCO USE CESSATION;

EID: 33751435964     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.10.072     Document Type: Article

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