Examination of the ability of people to identify early changes of melanoma in computer-altered pigmented skin lesions

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-311

  Hanrahan, Pauline F ^a   Hersey, Peter ^b   Menzies, Scott W ^e   Watson, Alan B ^c   D'Este, Catherine A ^d  

^a Newcastle Melanoma Unit   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 0030896378     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.3.301     Document Type: Article

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