Influence of years of professional experience in relation to the diagnostic skill of general dental practitioners (GDPs) in identifying oral cancer and precancerous lesions

International Dental Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-133

  Lopez Jornet P ^a,b   Camacho Alonso, F ^a   Martinez Beneyto, Y ^a   Seoane Leston, J ^a  

^a Clinica Odontiológica Universitaria Hospital Morales Meseguer ^*

^b HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dentists; Diagnosis; Oral cancer; Precancerous lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONCOLOGY; PRECANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46749093903     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595x.2008.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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