Mouth self-examination to improve oral cancer awareness and early detection in a high-risk population

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 620-624

  Elango, Kalavathy Jayapal ^a   Anandkrishnan, Nitin ^b   Suresh, Amritha ^a   Iyer, Subramania K ^b   Ramaiyer, Sundaram Karimassery ^b   Kuriakose, Moni Abraham ^a  

^a Narayana Health City   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Early detection; Knowledge; Mouth self examination; Oral cancer; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CHILD; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PAMPHLETS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959700016     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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