Reliability of Self-Reported Information on Skin Cancer Among Elderly Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 551-554

  Renzi, Cristina ^a   Mastroeni, Simona ^a   Mannooranparampil, Thomas J ^a   Passarelli, Francesca ^a   Potenza, Clemente ^a   Pasquini, Paolo ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Elderly; Reliability; Self Report; Skin Cancer; Test Retest

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 79957967424     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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