Oral cancer knowledge, attitudes and practices: A survey of dentists and primary care physicians in Massachusetts

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-467

  Applebaum, Elizabeth ^a   Ruhlen, Tara N ^b   Kronenberg, Frannie R ^b   Hayes, Catherine ^c   Peters, Edward S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Diagnosis etiology; Mouth neoplasia; Oropharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64749095637     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2009.0196     Document Type: Article

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