Factors associated with early-stage diagnosis of oral and pharyngeal cancer

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Watson, Jennifer M ^a   Logan, Henrietta L ^a   Tomar, Scott L ^a   Sandow, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Oral pathology; Public health; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARYNX CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650905111     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2009.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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