Successful behavioral interventions to prevent cancer: The example of skin cancer

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue , 1998, Pages 319-333

  Baum, A ^a   Cohen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Melanoma; Prevention; Screening; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031814688     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.319     Document Type: Review

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