Medical student detection of melanoma: Clinical skills

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1175-1177

  Robinson, June K ^a   Lio, Peter ^a   Hernandez, Claudia ^b   Kim, Nikki N ^a   Lee, Kachiu C ^a   Wickless, Heather ^a   McGaghie, William ^a   Chang, Chih Hung ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL STUDENT; MELANOMA; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77958190664     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.255     Document Type: Letter

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