Minor skin excisions in general practice in North Queensland Clare Heal

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 825-828

  Heal, Clare ^a   Buettner, Petra ^a   Raasch, Beverly ^a   Browning, Sheldon ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 36048972546     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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