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Original article

Vol. 143 No. 3132 (2013)

Diagnostic competence of Swiss general practitioners in skin cancer

  • Nina Badertscher
  • Ralph P Braun
  • Ulrike Held
  • Reto Kofmehl
  • Oliver Senn
  • Günther FL Hofbauer
  • Pascal O Rossi
  • Michel JP Wensing
  • Thomas Rosemann
  • Ryan Tandjung
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2013;143:w13834
Published
28.07.2013

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