A Prime minister managed to attract elderly men in a Belgian Euromelanoma campaign

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1532-1534

  del Marmol, V ^a,d   de Vries, E ^b   Roseeuw, D ^c,d   Pirard, C ^d   van der Endt, J ^d   Trakatelli, M ^a,d   Maselis, T ^d  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d Belgian Euromelanoma Task Force   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Elderly; Melanoma; Men; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BELGIUM; FAMOUS PERSONS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66049107986     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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