Knowledge, attitudes and practices about sun exposure and photoprotection in outpatients attending dermatology clinics at four hospitals in Lima, Peru Exposição solar e conhecimento, atitudes e práticas de fotoproteção em pacientes de unidades ambulatoriais de dermatologia em quatro hospitais de Lima, Peru

Knowledge, attitudes and practices about sun exposure and photoprotection in outpatients attending dermatology clinics at four hospitals in Lima, Peru Exposição solar e conhecimento, atitudes e práticas de fotoproteção em pacientes de unidades ambulatoriais de dermatologia em quatro hospitais de Lima, Peru

BACKGROUND: To establish the knowledge, about sun exposure and photoprotection in outpatients treated at the dermatology clinics in four hospitals in Lima, Peru. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving a sample of 364 patients selected using a systematic random sampling...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Thomas-Gavelan, Eliana Sáenz-Anduaga, Willy Ramos, Leonardo Sánchez-Saldaña, María del Carmen Sialer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2011-12-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Subjects:
Conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas em saúde
Protetores solares
Neoplasias cutâneas
Raios ultravioletas
Health knowledge, attitudes, practices
Skin neoplasms
Sunscreening agents
Ultraviolet rays
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