Oral self screening among students of Dow University of health sciences

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 357-360

  Rasool, Salik ^a   Akram, Sadia ^a   Mirza, Talat ^a   Mohammad, Zehra Abdul ^a   Mohammad, Munira Abdul ^a   Mirza, Amir ^a   Hussain, Imtiaz ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Addiction; Disease association; Gingiva; Oral cavity; Self screening; Socioeconomic status; Student

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETEL NUT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EROSION; FEMALE; GINGIVA; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH ULCER; PALATE; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STRIA; TOBACCO; TONGUE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOUTH DISEASES; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955784600     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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