Skin Cancer Risk Factors and Preventative Behaviors among United States Military Veterans Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2871-2873

  Powers, Jennifer G ^a,b   Patel, Neelam A ^a   Powers, Edward M ^a   Mayer, Jonathan E ^c   Stricklin, George P ^a,b   Geller, Alan C ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tennessee Valley Healthcare System   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Phys and Surg ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; IRAQ; IRAQI; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNGLASSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBURN; TIME FACTOR; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947039831     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2015.238     Document Type: Letter

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