Use of diagnostic tests by dermatologists, podiatrists and family practitioners in the United States: Pilot data from a cross-sectional survey

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-469

  Koshnick, Rebecca L ^b   Lilly, Kia K ^c   Clair, Katherine St ^d   Finnegan, Mary T ^e   Warshaw, Erin M ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^e Braddock Finnegan Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Onychomycosis; Physicians

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PODIATRIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROXIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PODIATRY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35349013029     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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