Thoroughness of skin examination by melanoma patients: Influence of age, sex and partner

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Boone, Susan L ^a   Stapleton, Jerod ^b   Turrisi, Rob ^b   Ortiz, Sara ^a   Robinson, June K ^a   Mallett, Kimberly A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early melanoma detection; Partner assisted skin examination; Skin self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SURFACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPOUSES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349122783     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2009.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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