Patients seen in a dermatology clinic have unmet preventive health care needs

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 706-709

  Feldman, Steven R ^a   Ravis, Scott ^a   Moran, William P ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035093763     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2001.112914     Document Type: Article

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