Self-awareness of premalignant oral lesions among veterans attending six U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 87-94

  Shugars, Diane C ^a   Adesanya, Margo ^b   Diehl, Scott R ^c   Redman, Robert S ^d   Malley, Kevin J ^e   Silva, Rebeka G ^e   Farish, Sam E ^e   Francis, Thomas ^e   Craig, Robert M ^e   Jones Richardson, Trina ^d   Buchanan, C Richard ^d   Jordan, Ruth ^f   Chattopadhyay, Amit ^g   Winn, Deborah E ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e Department of Veterans Affairs ^*  (United States)

^f Johnston Zabor McManus Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Oral cancer; Oral leukoplakia; Oral ulcer; Oropharynx; Premalignant conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547275843     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2007.tb01746.x     Document Type: Article

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