title: Melanoma - improving diagnosis in general practice.
abstract: Australia is the world capital of melanoma and despite our best efforts to 'slip-slop-slap' the incidence of melanoma continues to rise. In 2007, 10,342 Australians were diagnosed with melanoma and 1,279 people died from the disease.
authors.affiliation: School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, University of Western Australia, Australia. jon.emery@uwa.edu.au
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emery
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D058006:General Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control