Factors contributing to incomplete excision of nonmelanoma skin cancer by Australian general practitioners

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1253-1260

  Hansen, Craig ^a   Wilkinson, David ^a   Hansen, Mary ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHILD; EXCISION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOMPLETE EXCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATOLOGY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749110018     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.270     Document Type: Article

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