There's no such thing as a healthy glow: Cutaneous malignant melanoma - The case against suntanning

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-153

  McPhail, Gaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Health promotion; Nursing; Skin cancer; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0031154845     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.1997.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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