Superiority of a cognitive education with photographs over ABCD criteria in the education of the general population to the early detection of melanoma: A randomized study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2276-2280

  Girardi, Sophie ^a   Gaudy, Caroline ^a   Gouvernet, Joanny ^b   Teston, Jacques ^c   Richard, Marie Aleth ^a   Grob, Jean Jacques ^a,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (France)

^d Hôpital Ste Marguerite   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645681539     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21351     Document Type: Article

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