Good test-retest reproducibility for an instrument to capture self-reported melanoma risk factors

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1329-1336

  Morze, Conrad J ^a   Olsen, Catherine M ^b   Perry, Susan L ^b   Jackman, Lea M ^b   Ranieri, Barbara A ^b   O'Brien, Suzanne M ^b   Cicero, Rebekah A ^b   Whiteman, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agreement; Melanoma; Questionnaires standards; Reliability; Reproducibility; Risk factors; Skin cancer; Skin neoplasms etiology; Sun exposure; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84867868908     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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