Social Media Creators Are Far From Nailing It: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 100 Longitudinal Melanonychia TikTok Videos Shows Poor Educational Content and Lack of Skin of Color Representation

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cancer illness perception health literacy longitudinal melanonychia nail apparatus melanoma patient education subungual melanoma social media social sharing social support TikTok visual communication

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