Sun protection education in the United States: What we know and what needs to be taught

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Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Wesson, Karen M ^a   Silverberg, Nanette B ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MOTHER; NURSERY SCHOOL; PROTECTION; SKIN CARCINOMA; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; SUNLIGHT;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037256188     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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