Diagnostic delay in oral squamous cell carcinoma: The role of cognitive and psychological variables

International Journal of Oral Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-45

  Panzarella, Vera ^a   Pizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Calvino, Francesco ^a   Compilato, Domenico ^a   Colella, Giuseppe ^b   Campisi, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive psychological factors; diagnosis; oral squamous cell carcinoma; patient delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896972846     PISSN: 16742818     EISSN: 20493169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijos.2013.88     Document Type: Article

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