Inaccuracies in self-reported histories of non-melanoma skin cancer [1]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-

  FitzGerald, Kristen ^a   Stephens, Nicola ^a   Newman, Leah ^a   Venn, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANAMNESIS; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; SELF REPORT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ASPIRIN; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL RECORDS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TASMANIA;

EID: 33847709500     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00016.x     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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