Oral cancer awareness among dentists in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-170

  Joseph, Bobby K ^a   Sundaram, Devipriya B ^a   Sharma, Prem ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dentists; Kuwait; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857371109     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333543     Document Type: Article

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