Oral cancer - Current knowledge, practices and implications for training among an Irish general medical practitioner cohort

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 958-962

  Ni Riordain, Richeal ^a   McCreary, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behaviours; Education; General medical practitioners; Ireland; Knowledge; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; IRELAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349960040     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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