Prevention campaign against skin cancer

Dermatology

Volumn 205, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 229-233

  Heinzerling, L M ^a   Dummer, R ^a   Panizzon, R G ^b   Bloch, P H ^c   Barbezat, R ^d   Burg, Günter ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Private Practice   (Switzerland)

^d Swiss Cancer League   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Melanoma; Prevention campaign; Sun protection; Ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NEVUS; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HUTCHINSON'S MELANOTIC FRECKLE; MALE; MELANOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036976624     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065848     Document Type: Article

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