Pigmented lesion clinics - Are they a waste of resources?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-8

  Gibbon, K L ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; HUMAN; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DERMATOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031978105     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1998.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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