Beyond the year 2000: How may epidemiology influence future clinical practice in dermatology?

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-58

  Williams, Hywel C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DERMATOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0034996893     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(00)00211-X     Document Type: Review

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