Melanoma awareness and prevalence of dermoscopic examination among internet users: A cross-sectional survey

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 421-428

  Kaminska Winciorek, Grazyna ^a   Wydmanski, Jerzy ^b   Gajda, Maksymilian ^c   Tukiendorf, Andrzej ^b  

^a Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Clinical Oncology Ward Starkiewicz Specialised Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Awareness; Dermoscopy; Education; Internet; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGIST; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET USER; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MELANOMA; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SUNBURN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002322922     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: 22990046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2016.63297     Document Type: Review

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