Evaluation of the American Academy of Dermatology's national skin cancer early detection and screening program

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 971-978

  Koh, Howard K ^a,b,j   Norton, Lawrence A ^a   Geller, Alan C ^a,b   Sun, Ting ^a   Rigel, Darrell S ^c   Miller, Donald R ^a   Sikes, Ruth G ^h   Vigeland, Karen ^d   Bachenberg, Earl U ^k   Menon, Padman A ^e   Billon, Sharon F ^k   Goldberg, Gerald ^g   Scarborough, Dwight A ^f   Ramsdell, William M ^k   Muscarella, Vincent A ⁱ   Lew, Robert A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oregon Health Services   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 15844391448     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90274-1     Document Type: Article

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