Skin cancer prevention: The problem, responses, and lessons learned

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-316

  Graffunder, Corinne M ^a,c   Wyatt, Stephen W ^c   Bewerse, Barbara ^b   Hall, Irene ^c   Reilley, Barbara ^c   Lee Pethel, Rebeca ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Chamblee Facility ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SKIN TUMOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELANOMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033144022     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819902600303     Document Type: Article

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