Nonmelanoma skin cancer of the ear: Frequency, patients' knowledge, and photoprotection practices

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1232-1239

  Ragi, Jennifer M ^a   Patel, Devi ^a   Masud, Aisha ^b   Rao, Babar K ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EAR CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIGHT PROTECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955130166     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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