Oral cancer awareness of undergraduate medical and dental students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Carter, Lachlan M ^a   Ogden, Graham R ^b  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; ERYTHROLEUKOPLAKIA; ERYTHROPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NORMAL HUMAN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MOUTH TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 38649109088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-7-44     Document Type: Article

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