Assessing oral cancer early detection: Clarifying dentists' practices

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Lehew, Charles W ^a   Epstein, Joel B ^a   Kaste, Linda M ^a   Choi, Young Ku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing dental education; Dental care; Head and neck neoplasms; Mouth neoplasms; Oral cancer; Oral diagnosis; Preventive dentistry

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL EDUCATION; E-MAIL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953450255     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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