Prevention and early detection strategies for melanoma and skin cancer: Current status

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 436-443

  Koh, Howard K ^a,b   Geller, Alan C ^a,b   Miller, Donald R ^a,b   Grossbart, Ted A ^a,b   Lew, Robert A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL TIME;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029971796     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.4.436     Document Type: Review

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