Oral cancer prevention and early detection: Knowledge, practices, and opinions of oral health care providers in New York State

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-162

  Gajendra, Sangeeta ^a,c   Cruz, Gustavo D ^b   Kumar, Jayanth V ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33847689835     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15430154jce2103_14     Document Type: Article

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