Management of melanoma with a multidisciplinary melanoma clinic model

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 5I, 2000, Pages 820-826

  Johnson, Timothy M ^a   Chang, Alfred ^a   Redman, Bruce ^b   Rees, Riley ^a   Bradford, Carol ^a   Riba, Michelle ^a   Lowe, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICHIGAN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034102728     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2000.105947     Document Type: Article

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