Oral cancer awareness and its determinants among a selected Malaysian population

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1957-1963

  Ghani, Wan Maria Nabillah ^a   Doss, Jennifer Geraldine ^a   Jamaluddin, Marhazlinda ^a   Kamaruzaman, Dinan ^a   Zain, Rosnah Binti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Mouth neoplasms; Mouth self examination; Risk habits; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880396597     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.3.1957     Document Type: Article

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