An audit of the UK national cancer referral guidelines for suspected oral mucosal malignancy

British Dental Journal

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 643-647

  Hodgson, T A ^a   Buchanan, J A G ^a   Garg, A ^a   Ilyas, S E ^a   Porter, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845271676     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4814262     Document Type: Article

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