Reproducibility of self-reported melanoma risk factors in melanoma patients

Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 592-601

  De Waal, Anne C ^a   Van Rossum, Michelle M ^a   Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M ^a   Aben, Katja K H ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cancer Registry and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Questionnaire; Reproducibility; Risk factor; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SKIN PROTECTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENT; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916939603     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000089     Document Type: Article

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