Skin cancer screening by australian family physicians. Variation with physician beliefs and geographic locality

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-146

  Sladden, Michael J ^a   Ward, Jeanette E ^b   Del Mar, Christopher B ^c   Lowe, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032838464     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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