Comparing the efficacy of an in-person intervention with a skin self-examination workbook

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Robinson, June K ^a   Turrisi, Rob ^b   Mallett, Kimberly ^b   Stapleton, Jerod ^b   Pion, Maliya ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EXAMINATION; SKILL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; TUMOR VOLUME; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549119006     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.350     Document Type: Article

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