Is there scope for providing oral cancer health advice in dental access centres?

British Dental Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Williams, M ^a   Scott, S ^b  

^a King's College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COUNSELING; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 54949088575     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.875     Document Type: Article

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