Comparison of dermatologists' and nondermatologists' diagnostic accuracy for malignant melanoma

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 272-280

  Corbo, Michael D ^a   Vender, Ronald ^a   Wismer, Judy ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864118426     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2011.11063     Document Type: Article

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