Management of skin cancer in Australia-A comparison of general practice and skin cancer clinics

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1073-1075

  Byres, Patrick ^a   Ackermann, Evan ^a   Williams, Ian Douglas ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey K ^a   Askew, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MELANOMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SKIN TUMOR;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; DERMATOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUEENSLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 38449104578     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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