Is the ounce of screening and prevention for skin cancer worth the pound of cure?

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 236-238

  Rigel, Darrell S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

CANCER SCREENING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0031878052     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.48.4.236     Document Type: Short Survey

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