Perspectives of San Juan healthcare practitioners on the detection deficit in oral premalignant and early cancers in Puerto Rico: A qualitative research study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Morse, Douglas E ^a   Vélez Vega, Carmen M ^b   Psoter, Walter J ^a,b   Vélez, Himilce ^c   Buxó, Carmen J ^b   Baek, Linda S ^a   Elias, Augusto ^b   Ayendez, Melba Sánchez ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^c PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CLASS;

BIOPSY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79957497996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-391     Document Type: Review

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