Excising basal cell carcinomas: Comparing the performance of general practitioners, hospital skin specialists and other hospital specialists

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 565-571

  Murchie, P ^a,b   Delaney, E K ^b   Thompson, W D ^b   Lee, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SKILL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGEON; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SCOTLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 49649106075     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02710.x     Document Type: Article

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