Dental attendance of oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients in a public hospital in Western Australia

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Frydrych, A M ^a   Slack Smith, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

dental attendance; Oral cancer; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER STAGING; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GINGIVA TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TIME; TONGUE TUMOR; TONSIL TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052224834     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: 18347819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2011.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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