Basic skin cancer triage for teaching melanoma detection

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1063-1066

  Weinstock, Martin A ^a,d   Goldstein, Michael G ^a   Dubé, Catherine E ^a   Rhodes, Arthur R ^b   Sober, Arthur J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CURRICULUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; TEACHING;

EID: 0029998285     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90287-X     Document Type: Article

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