Sun Protection Among Organ Transplant Recipients After Participation in a Skin Cancer Research Study

JAMA Dermatol. 2018 Jul 1;154(7):842-844. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.1164.

Authors

Rebecca I Hartman¹, Adele C Green^{2

3}, Louisa G Gordon²; Skin Tumours and Allograft Recipients (STAR) Study

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
³ Cancer Research UK Manchester and Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Abstract

This study investigates the use of sun protection among organ transplant recipients after participation in a skin cancer research study.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Protective Clothing / statistics & numerical data*
Research Subjects / psychology
Research Subjects / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Sunscreening Agents / therapeutic use*
Transplant Recipients / psychology
Transplant Recipients / statistics & numerical data*

Substances

Sunscreening Agents