Routine skin cancer screening in germany: Four years of experience from the dermatologists' perspective

Dermatology

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-293

  Kornek, Thomas ^a   Schäfer, Ines ^a   Reusch, Michael ^b   Blome, Christine ^a   Herberger, Katharina ^a   Beikert, Florian Christoph ^a   Augustin, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Dermatology Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatologists; Evaluation; Melanoma; Skin cancer screening; Squamous cell carcinoma; Statutory health insurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; DERMATOLOGIST; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMATOLOGY; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GERMANY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875232199     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342374     Document Type: Article

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