Factors Influencing Early Detection of Oral Cancer by Primary Health-Care Professionals

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 285-291

  Hassona, Y ^a   Scully, C ^b   Shahin, A ^a   Maayta, W ^a   Sawair, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic ability; Early diagnosis; Knowledge; Oral cancer; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTS; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84927556610     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-015-0823-2     Document Type: Article

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