Dermatologists meet the primary care standard for first contact management of skin disease

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 182-186

  Feldman, S R ^a   Peterson, S R ^a   Fleischer Jr, A B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031819520     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(98)70071-4     Document Type: Article

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