Dermatological check-up - Who and when?;Checkup der Haut - Wer und wann?

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-25

  Itin, Peter H ^a,b  

^a Universitatsspital Basel Dermatologie   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECANCER; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033628237     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.57.1.22     Document Type: Article

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