How are solar keratoses treated by general practitioners in Australia?

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-276

  Streeton, Catherine L ^a   Gospodarevskaya, Elena ^a   Harris, Anthony H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID; SULFUR;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUTERIZATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

AUSTRALIA; CRYOTHERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEAD; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33644771162     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02477.x     Document Type: Article

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