Trends and disparities in total-body skin examination: Evaluating the national health interview survey, 2000-2010

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-364

  Amrock, Stephen M ^a,b   Meydani, Ahou ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PROTECTION; TOTAL BODY SKIN EXAMINATION; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875387092     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.1549     Document Type: Letter

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