Screening for skin cancer: Recommendations and rationale

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 97-101

  Berg, Alfred O ^a,b   Allan, Janet D ^c   Frame, Paul S ^d,e   Homer, Charles J ^f   Lieu, Tracy A ^g   Mulrow, Cynthia D ^h   Orleans, C Tracy ⁱ   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^j   Pender, Nola J ^k   Sox Jr , Harold C ^l   Teutsch, Steven M ^m   Westhoff, Carolyn ⁿ   Woolf, Steven H ^o  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Tri County Family Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^j WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^l DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

ⁿ Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^o VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD; TIME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0040673662     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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