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Knowledge, attitudes and skills in melanoma diagnosis among doctors: a cross sectional study from Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and skills of non-specialist doctors on timely referral of suspicious lesions for melanoma diagnosis. RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-three doctors (mean age; 30.4 years, SD ± 8.015) were enrolled. Very few (3.3%) correctly stated all f...

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Autores principales:	Herath, H. M. M. T. B., Keragala, B. S. D. P., Udeshika, W. A. E., Samarawickrama, S. S. M., Pahalagamage, S. P., Kulatunga, Aruna, Rodrigo, Chaturaka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Note
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6001064/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29898775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3499-y

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