Knowledge of oral cancer among recently graduated medical and dental professionals in Amman, Jordan

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1356-1364

  Alami, Arwa Yousef ^a   El Sabbagh, Rula F ^a   Hamdan, Abdelhameed ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Hospital dentistry; Jordan; Oral cancer; Oral medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DENTISTRY; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH TUMOR; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMATOLOGY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DENTISTRY; JORDAN; ORAL CANCER; ORAL MEDICINE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CURRICULUM; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886702796     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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