A pilot study using nurse education as an intervention to increase skin self-examination for melanoma

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-40

  Berwick, Marianne ^a,b   Oliveria, Susan ^a   Luo, Su Ting ^b   Headley, Annette ^c   Bolognia, Jean L ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^d Box 588 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034091830     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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