The Skin We are in- Knowledge and Practices regarding Skin Cancer in Pre-Clinical Medical Students

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 373-378

  Gillani, F ^a   Rashid, A ^a   Anis, A ^a   Arif, S ^a   Jamall, A ^a   Iqbal, N ^a   Khan, A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPETENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MELANOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035490689     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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