Skin cancer awareness, attitude, and sun protection behavior among medical students at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 797-800

  Patel, Shalu S ^a   Nijhawan, Rajiv I ^b   Stechschulte, Sarah ^c   Parmet, Yisrael ^d   Rouhani, Panta ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a   Hu, Shasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN CANCER; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 77954820251     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.140     Document Type: Article

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