Sunburn in Australian men with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-207

  Woolley, Torres ^a   Buettner, Petra G ^a   Lowe, John B ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Men's health; Non melanocytic skin cancer; Sunburn; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SUNBURN;

EID: 0141464852     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.27.3.1     Document Type: Article

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