Comparison of sunscreen availability in Chicago Hispanic and non-Hispanic neighborhoods

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Hernandez, Claudia ^a   Calero, Diana ^b   Robinson, Gina ^b   Mermelstein, Robin ^a   Robinson, June K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Hispanics; Skin cancer prevention; Sun protective behaviors; Sunscreen; Sunscreen availability

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CHICAGO; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84866177727     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2012.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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