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Readability, understandability, and actionability of online patient education materials for sunscreen

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  1. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 804 Service Rd., Rm. A112, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Sarah J. Shareef & Mahfujul Z. Haque

  2. Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

    Rafey Rehman

  3. Department of Dermatology, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    Jonathan I. Silverberg

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SS, RR, and MH were involved in idea conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, table development, methodology, project administration, writing, reviewing and editing. JS was involved in the supervision of the project development and editing of the draft. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Shareef, S.J., Rehman, R., Haque, M.Z. et al. Readability, understandability, and actionability of online patient education materials for sunscreen. Arch Dermatol Res 315, 677–681 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-022-02389-1

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