Oral cancer and dentists: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices in Italy

Oral Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Colella, Giuseppe ^a   Gaeta, Giovanni Maria ^a   Moscariello, Anna ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Dentists; Italy; Knowledge; Oral cancer; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40749119248     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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