Knowledge of head and neck cancer among medical students at 2 Chicago Universities

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1294-1298

  Mohyuddin, Nadia ^a   Langerman, Alexander ^b   LeHew, Charles ^a   Kaste, Linda ^a   Pytynia, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NECK TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VOICE CHANGE;

CHICAGO; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58149218303     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.12.1294     Document Type: Article

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