Improving public awareness and outcomes for oral cancer
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Improving public awareness and outcomes for oral cancer
Catherine Poh speaks to G Westcott, Commissioning Editor: Dr. C Poh gained a dental degree from the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan and went on to gain her PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1997, looking into molecular biology in oral cancer. In addition to her current role an associate professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia, she is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Future Science OA
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2056-5623
DOI: 10.4155/fsoa-2016-0004