Factors Contributing to Incomplete Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer by Australian General Practitioners
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0003-987X
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.270