Examining the pathways linking lower socioeconomic status and advanced melanoma

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4004-4013

  Pollitt, Ricardo A ^a,e   Swetter, Susan M ^a,b   Johnson, Timothy M ^c   Patil, Pratima ^d   Geller, Alan C ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

detection; education; epidemiology; melanoma; screening; social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864682985     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26706     Document Type: Article

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