How good are parents at assessing melanocytic nevi on their children? A study comparing parental counts, dermatologist counts, and counts obtained from photographs

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1128-1136

  Harrison, Simone Lee ^a   Buettner, Petra G ^a   MacLennan, Robert ^a,b   Kelly, John W ^c   Rivers, Jason K ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Nevi and melanomas; Nevus, pigmented

Indexed keywords

SKIN DISORDER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITY; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PARENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PARENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037097829     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.12.1128     Document Type: Article

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