Learning to detect, categorize, and identify skin lesions: A meta-analysis

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 293-301

  Rourke, Liam ^a   Oberholtzer, Sarah ^a   Chatterley, Trish ^b   Brassard, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84924709506     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.3300     Document Type: Article

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