Pilot study to estimate the accuracy of mouth self-examination in an at-risk group

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1393-1401

  Scott, Suzanne E ^a   Rizvi, Kulsoom ^a   Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   McGurk, Mark ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

detection; oral cancer; self examination; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TRAINING;

DENTISTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 78649489492     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21341     Document Type: Article

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