Clinical characteristics and awareness of skin cancer in hispanic patients

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Javed, Saba ^a   Javed, Syed A ^b   Mays, Rana M ^c   Tyring, Stephen K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Clinical Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Awareness; Basal cell carcinoma; Hispanics; Melanoma; Prevention; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUCASIAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884229224     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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