Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 59, Issue 1 , Pages 55-63 , July 2008

Reported skin cancer screening of US adult workers

  • William G. LeBlanc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Liat Vidal, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    • Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • David J. Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    • Department of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Kathryn E. McCollister, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Kristopher L. Arheart, EdD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Katherine Chung-Bridges, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Sharon Christ, MS

      Affiliations

    • Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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  • John Clark III, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • John E. Lewis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Evelyn P. Davila, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Panta Rouhani, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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  • Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    • Department of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Marine Biology & Fisheries, Miller School of Medicine and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Clinical Research Building, 10th Floor (R669), 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136.

,Accepted 10 March 2008.

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 Supported in part from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (R01 OH03915).

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

 Data for the NHIS were originally collected and prepared by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the NCHS. The NCHS does not bear any responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented in this publication.

PII: S0190-9622(08)00301-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.013

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 59, Issue 1 , Pages 55-63 , July 2008

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