Skin cancer prevention and detection practices in a Michigan farm population following an educational intervention

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-320

  Mullein, Patricia B ^a   Gardiner, Joseph C ^a   Roseninan, Kenneth ^a   Zhu, Zhiwei ^a   Marie Swanson, G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 0029822154     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1996.tb00820.x     Document Type: Article

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