Increase in skin cancer screening during a community-based randomized intervention trial

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1010-1016

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f National Cancer Control Initiative   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intervention; Melanoma; Randomized controlled trial; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; QUEENSLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31544442485     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21455     Document Type: Article

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