Trends in sunscreen recommendation among US physicians

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-55

  Akamine, Kristie L ^a   Gustafson, Cheryl J ^a   Davis, Scott A ^a   Levender, Michelle M ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOLOGIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892750540     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4741     Document Type: Article

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