Two decades of the public health approach to skin cancer control in Australia: Why, how and where are we now?

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Marks, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Melanoma; Prevention; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER;

AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033057596     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.1999.00307.x     Document Type: Review

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