Reported skin cancer screening of US adult workers

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-63

  LeBlanc, William G ^a   Vidal, Liat ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b   Lee, David J ^a,b   Caban Martinez, Alberto J ^a   McCollister, Kathryn E ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Chung Bridges, Katherine ^a   Christ, Sharon ^c   Clark III, John ^a   Lewis, John E ^a   Davila, Evelyn P ^a   Rouhani, Panta ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45049085615     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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