The two-week wait cancer initiative on oral cancer; the predictive value of urgent referrals to an oral medicine unit

British Dental Journal

Volumn 201, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 717-720

  Singh, P ^a   Warnakulasuriya, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33845781929     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4814304     Document Type: Article

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