Avoiding Delayed Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-46

  Matzke, Thomas Jarrad ^a   Bean, Andrew K ^a   Ackerman, Tanya ^a  

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Author keywords

melanoma; self skin examination; skin biopsy; skin examination

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049085794     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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