Potential risks of non-physicians' use of lasers and intense pulsed light in dermatology;Potentielle farer ved ikkelægers brug af lasere og intenst pulserende lys til dermatologisk behandling

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 167, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 4095-4097

  Hædersdal, Merete ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENMARK; DERMATOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; WOUND CARE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 27244460050     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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