Racial differences in skin cancer awareness and surveillance practices at a public hospital dermatology clinic

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 312-317

  Korta, Dorota Z ^a   Saggar, Vishal ^a   Wu, Timothy P ^a   Sanchez, Miguel ^a  

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

Author keywords

early detection; education; Hispanic; melanoma; minority; screening; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRENDS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892669994     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.10.030     Document Type: Article

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