Effectiveness of a knowledge-based intervention for melanoma among those with ethnic skin

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-784

  Kundu, Roopal V ^a   Kamaria, Monique ^a   Ortiz, Sara ^a   West, Dennis P ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Robinson, June K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic skin; melanoma; skin self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN;

EID: 77950595070     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.08.047     Document Type: Article

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