Oral cancer prevention and control - The approach of the World Health Organization

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 454-460

  Petersen, Poul Erik ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Chronic disease risk factors; National cancer policy; Oral cancer intervention; Oral cancer surveillance; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67349149654     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.05.023     Document Type: Review

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