Risk-Awareness of Cutaneous Malignancies among Rural Populations

Medical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 369-373

  Moore, John ^a   Zelen, Dan ^a   Hafeez, Imran ^a   Ganti, Apar Kishor ^a   Beal, James ^a   Potti, Anil ^a  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Rural population; Skin cancer; Solar exposure

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0346102834     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:20:4:369     Document Type: Review

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