Patients' knowledge of the risk of skin cancer following kidney transplantation;Patienters viden om risikoen for hudcancer efter nyretransplantation

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 46, 2009, Pages

  Cramer, Elisabeth ^a   Rasmussen, Knud ^a   Jemec, Gregor B E ^a  

^a Medicinsk Afdeling   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77954919585     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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