Visual assessment of linear scars: A new tool

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1513-1519

  Kerrigan, Carolyn L ^a   Homa, Karen ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICATRIX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 73549108323     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b9898e     Document Type: Article

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