Skin cancer prevention and early detection practices in a sample of rural women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 673-683

  Michielutte, Robert ^a   Dignan, Mark B ^b   Sharp, Penny C ^a   Boxley, Jeanne ^a   Wells, H Bradley ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

early detection; prevention; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030297339     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0106     Document Type: Article

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