Routine dermatologist-performed full-body skin examination and early melanoma detection

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Kantor, Jonathan ^a   Kantor, Deborah E ^a  

^a North Florida Dermatology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949093963     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.137     Document Type: Article

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