A skin cancer education initiative at a professional baseball game and results of a skin cancer survey

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 524-529

  Jungers, Emily Ann ^a,b   Guenthner, Scott Thomas ^a,b   Farmer, Evan R ^a,b   Perkins, Susan M ^a,b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASEBALL; BLISTER; CANCER STATISTICS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASEBALL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 0038607719     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01904.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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