The American Dental Association's oral cancer campaign: The impact on consumers and dentists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1261-1267

  Stahl, Sandra ^a,b   Meskin, Lawrence H ^a,c   Jackson Brown, L ^d  

^a CDx Laboratories   (United States)

^b School of Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSUMER; DENTIST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 4944235352     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0401     Document Type: Article

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