A comparison of dermatologists' and primary care physicians' accuracy in diagnosing melanoma: A systematic review

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1627-1634

  Chen, Suephy C ^a,f   Bravata, Dena M ^b,c   Weil, Evette ^d   Olkin, Ingram ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f 5001 Woodruff Memorial Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035658004     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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