Skin cancer education in transplant recipients

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-242

  Feuerstein, Ilana ^a   Geller, Alan C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; SUNSCREEN;

AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; COUNSELING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; COUNSELING; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MASS SCREENING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62449146818     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480801800405     Document Type: Article

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