Effect of public education aimed at early diagnosis of malignant melanoma: Cohort comparison study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7385, 2003, Pages 367-

  MacKie, Rona M ^a   Bray, Caroline A ^b   Leman, Joyce A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0037442646     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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