Patients Spend More Time with the Physician for Excision of a Malignant Skin Lesion Than for Excision of a Benign Skin Lesion

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 351-354

  Feldman, Steven R ^a   Camacho, Fabian ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a   Siegel, Daniel M ^b   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   Zitelli, John ^c   Coldiron, Brett ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Dermatology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; WORKING TIME;

EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1942472173     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30100.x     Document Type: Article

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