Impact of skin cancer education on general practitioners' diagnostic skills

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Bedlow, A J ^a,b   Cliff, S ^a   Melia, J ^a   Moss, S M ^a   Seyant, R ^a   Harland, C C ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SKIN CANCER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034004953     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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