Do centralised skin screening clinics increase participation in melanoma screening (Australia)?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-168

  Janda, Monika ^a,b   Lowe, John B ^c   Elwood, Mark ^d   Ring, Ian T ^e   Youl, Philippa H ^a   Aitken, Joanne F ^a,f  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d National Cancer Control Initiative   (Australia)

^e Health Information Branch   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Randomised controlled trial; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31044454091     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0419-y     Document Type: Article

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