Diagnostic delay of oral squamous cell carcinoma in two diagnosis centers in Córdoba Argentina

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 405-408

  Morelatto, R A ^a,b   Herrera, M C ^a,b   Fernandez E N ^b   Corball, A G ^b   Lopez De Blanc S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Agencia 4 ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Delay; Diagnosis; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER STAGING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENTAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447130887     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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