Treatment Delay in Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer in Our Population: The Role of Socio-Economic Factors and Health-Seeking Behaviour

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Agarwal, A K ^a   Sethi, Ashwani ^a,b   Sareen, Deepika ^a   Dhingra, Shruti ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Oral cavity; Oropharynx; Socio economic factors; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960053934     PISSN: 22313796     EISSN: 09737707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-011-0134-9     Document Type: Article

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