Availability of sunscreen in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods vs. adjacent predominantly non-Hispanic neighborhoods in Los Angeles

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 279-282

  Sprague, Jessica ^a   Obioha, Jasmine ^a   Chiu, Melvin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LETTER; MARKET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHARMACY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84883493011     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12062     Document Type: Letter

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