Clinical diagnosis and management of suspicious pigmented skin lesions: A survey of GPs

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 79-83

  Baade, Peter D ^a   Del Mar, Chris B ^b   Lowe, John B ^a,c   Stanton, Warren R ^a   Balanda, Kevin P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Institute of Public Health   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 16844362084     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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