Examination of skin naevi in Australian general practice: Dissonance between care and need?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-399

  Del Mar, Christopher B ^a   Balanda, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PROGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031798847     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01399.x     Document Type: Article

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