Melanoma detection in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  Tyler, Ingrid ^a   Rivers, Jason K ^a,b   Shoveller, Jean A ^a   Blum, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Division of Dermatology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144308395     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.04.031     Document Type: Article

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