The melanoma epidemic: Is increased surveillance the solution or the problem?

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 881-884

  Swerlick, Robert A ^a   Chen, Suephy ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029737027     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.8.881     Document Type: Review

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