Melanoma Monday saves lives and money;Melanoma Monday räddar liv och sparar pengar: Fyra maligna melanom hittades bland 161 undersökta personer

Lakartidningen

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1702-1703

  Krynitz, Britta ^a   Lindelöf, Bernt ^b  

^a ST läkare ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE; MELANOMA; MONEY; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY; ULCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SKIN TUMOR; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038001940     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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