Efficacy of skin self-examination practices for early melanoma detection

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3018-3023

  Pollitt, Ricardo A ^a   Geller, Alan C ^b   Brooks, Daniel R ^c   Johnson, Timothy M ^d   Park, Elyse R ^e   Swetter, Susan M ^a,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN; SKIN EXAMINATION; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749126779     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0310     Document Type: Article

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