Factors affecting sunscreen use and sun avoidance in a U.S. national sample of organ transplant recipients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 346-353

  Mihalis, E L ^a   Wysong, A ^b   Boscardin, W J ^c   Tang, J Y ^b   Chren, M M ^d   Arron, Sarah T ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873110873     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11213.x     Document Type: Article

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