The Rhode Island sun smart project: A scientific approach to skin cancer prevention

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-413

  Weinstock, Martin A ^a   Rossi, Joseph S ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032321780     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(98)00013-3     Document Type: Review

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