Validity of patient self-reported history of skin cancer: Editor's comment

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 730-735

  Ming, Michael E ^a,b   Levy, Ross M ^a   Hoffstad, Ole J ^a   Filip, Jennifer ^a   Gimotty, Phyllis A ^a   Margolis, David J ^a   Bigby, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHEMOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOHS SURGERY; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2942564597     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.6.730     Document Type: Article

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