Diagnosis and management costs of suspicious skin lesions from a population-based melanoma screening programme

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-102

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

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

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c National Cancer Control Initiative   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447526745     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914107781261963     Document Type: Article

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