Ten years of skin malignancies in a single general practice

Dermatology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-17

  Shapley, M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Malignant melanoma; Primary care; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 10644274209     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081476     Document Type: Article

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