Opportunistic screening for skin cancer using a mobile unit in Brazil

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mauad, Edmundo C ^a   Silva, Thiago B ^a   Latorre, Maria R D O ^b   Vieira, René A C ^a   Haikel Jr, Raphael L ^a   Vazquez, Vinicius L ^a   Longatto Filho, Adhemar ^b,c  

^a BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASOSQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; BRAZIL; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957883073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-11-12     Document Type: Article

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