Patient knowledge, awareness, and delay in seeking medical attention for malignant melanoma

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1111-1116

  Oliveria, Susan A ^a   Christos, Paul J ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a   Fine, Judith A ^b   Barnhill, Raymond L ^c   Berwick, Marianne ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Delay; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Knowledge; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032887278     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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