Mobile teledermatology in sub-Saharan Africa: A useful tool in supporting health workers in low-resource centres

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-123

  Frühauf, Julia ^a   Hofman Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Kovarik, Carrie ^b   Mulyowa, Grace ^c   Alitwala, Caroline ^d   Soyer, H Peter ^e   Kaddu, Steven ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d Masaka Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; CHILD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERTRIGO; LETTER; LICHEN PLANUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TELEDERMATOLOGY; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES; UGANDA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871681329     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1404     Document Type: Letter

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