Dangers of dermatologic surgery: Protect your feet

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 12 I, 2004, Pages 1495-1497

  Barr, Jerome ^a,b   Siegel, Daniel ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FOOT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SHOE; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SURGERY;

EID: 11144229116     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30510.x     Document Type: Article

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