Awareness, knowledge and attitudes to non-melanoma skin cancer and actinic keratosis among the general public

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Halpern, Allan C ^a,b   Kopp, Laura J ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MELANOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SPAIN; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14544304697     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02090.x     Document Type: Article

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