Comparing dentists' and the public's awareness about oral cancer in a community-based study in Northern Germany

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-32

  Hertrampf, Katrin ^a   Wenz, Hans Jürgen ^a   Koller, Michael ^b   Wiltfang, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentist; Knowledge; Oral cancer; Public; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMMUNITY; DENTIST; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH LESION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555160900     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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