Skin cancer knowledge and preventive behaviors among patients with a recent history of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Dermatology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-80

  Renzi, Cristina ^a   Mastroeni, Simona ^a   Mannooranparampil, Thomas J ^a   Passarelli, Francesca ^a   Caggiati, Alessio ^a   Pasquini, Paolo ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; Skin cancer knowledge and prevention

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 46049092577     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127389     Document Type: Article

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