Effect of a public awareness campaign on the appropriateness of patient-initiated skin examination in general practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 640-643

  Baade, Peter D ^a   Balanda, Kevin P ^a   Lowe, John B ^a   Del Mar, Chris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK; SELF CARE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUEENSLAND; SELF CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030331436     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01079.x     Document Type: Article

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