Derm Access: A new triage system to rapidly identify suspicious skin lesions

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1486-1490

  Graves, Jeff ^a   Fleischman, Mark H ^b   Goldstein, Glenn D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SKIN DISEASES; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33845596245     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32357.x     Document Type: Article

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