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Survey reveals disparities in skin cancer knowledge, protection among high school students
08-20-2007 · EurekAlert!In a survey of Florida high school students, white Hispanic teens were more likely to use tanning beds and less likely to consider themselves at risk for skin cancer or protect themselves from the sun than white non-Hispanic teens, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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