Evaluation of medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and personal practices of sun protection and skin self-examination [1]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-524

  Hymowitz, Maggie B ^b   Hayes, Benjamin B ^b   Maury, Jean Jacques ^b   Geller, Alan C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ANAMNESIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 33646078327     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.4.523     Document Type: Letter

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