Acne: Best practice management

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 656-660

  Cook, David ^a   Krassas, George ^b   Huang, Tom ^c  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b Scius Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Clinical audit; Continuing; Education; Medical; Quality of health care; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINOIDS; SALICYLIC ACID;

EID: 77957346216     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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