Sunscreen use: Non-hispanic blacks compared with other racial and/or ethnic groups

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 863-864

  Summers, Pamela ^a   Bena, James ^b   Arrigain, Susana ^b   Alexis, Andrew F ^c   Cooper, Kevin ^a,d   Bordeaux, Jeremy S ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NON HISPANIC BLACK; NON HISPANIC WHITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNSCREEN USE;

EID: 79960573996     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.172     Document Type: Letter

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