Scope of practice, referral patterns and lesion occurrence of an oral medicine service in Australia

Oral Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-375

  Farah, C S ^a   Simanovic, B ^a   Savage, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Oral lesions; Oral medicine; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH LESION; ORAL BIOPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; THRUSH; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY, ORAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42149112334     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2007.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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