Skin cancer surveillance behaviors among US Hispanic adults

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 576-584

  Coups, Elliot J ^a,b,c   Stapleton, Jerod L ^a,b   Hudson, Shawna V ^a,b,c   Medina Forrester, Amanda ^a   Rosenberg, Stephen A ^a   Gordon, Marsha ^a   Natale Pereira, Ana ^d   Goydos, James S ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; Hispanic; Latino; physician skin examination; prevention; skin cancer; skin self examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBATHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884212007     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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