Sun protection in Iranian kidney transplant recipients: Knowledge, attitude and practice

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 754-757

  Firooz, A ^a,d   Amin Nejad, R ^a   Bouzari, N ^a   Nafar, M ^b   Firoozan, A ^b   Mahdavi Mazdeh, M ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Skin; Sun; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHI SQUARE TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNBURN;

EID: 34250688344     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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