Screening for oral cancer/pre-cancer: Knowledge and opinions of dentists employed in the public sector dental services of Sri Lanka

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-618

  Ariyawardana, A ^a   Ekanayake, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dentists; Knowledge; Opinions; Oral cancer screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRECANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 66149145918     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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