An audit to identify the optimum referral rate to a contact dermatitis investigation unit

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 570-572

  Bhushan, M ^a   Beck, M H ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Contact dermatitis; Referral rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATCH TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATCH TESTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032833808     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03051.x     Document Type: Article

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