Clinical diagnosis of actinic keratosis identifies an elderly population at high risk of developing skin cancer

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Chen, G John ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a   Hester, Eric J ^b   Kiang, Shwol Huo ^a   Gill, Inderjit ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 11844265854     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200501000-00009     Document Type: Article

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