Barriers to effective skin cancer detection

Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 2 S, 1995, Pages 691-698

  Wender, Richard C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; early detection; melanoma; primary care; screening; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMAN; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028556796     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950115)75:2+<691::AID-CNCR2820751412>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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