Squamous cell carcinoma in solid organ transplant recipients: Influences on perception of risk and optimal time to provide education

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1196-1197

  Kim, Nikki N ^a   Boone, Susan L ^a   Ortiz, Sara ^a   Mallett, Kim ^a   Stapleton, Jerod ^a   Turrisi, Rob ^a   Yoo, Simon ^a   West, Dennis P ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Robinson, June K ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; LETTER; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350231935     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.247     Document Type: Letter

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