Ability to self-detect malignant melanoma decreases with age

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 499-501

  Trolle, L ^a   Henrik Nielsen, R ^a   Gniadecki, R ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRESLOW THICKNESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

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

EID: 79959354136     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04023.x     Document Type: Article

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