Is physician detection associated with thinner melanomas?

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 640-643

  Epstein, Darin S ^a   Lange, Julie R ^a   Gruber, Stephen B ^b   Mofid, Mona ^a   Koch, Susan E ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN TUMOR; SPOUSE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033577037     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.7.640     Document Type: Article

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