Public awareness of malignant melanoma risk factors in Germany

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 698-700

  Pfahlberg, Annette ^a   Gefeller, Olaf ^a   Kölmel, Klaus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSERY SCHOOL; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SUNBURN;

EID: 0031451260     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.6.698     Document Type: Article

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