Impact of a UV education program on the knowledge and behavior in elementary school children;Impacto de un programa de foto-educación en los conocimientos y hábitos de una población escolar

Biomedica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 533-538

  Cruz, Adriana R ^a   Hormaza, Ximena ^a   Díaz, Juliana ^a   Vidal, Andrés ^a   Villanueva, Janeth ^a   Osorio, Giovanna ^a   Rebolledo, Marisol ^a   Cárdenas, Luis Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Education; Skin neoplasms prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUNBURN; TEACHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUNBURN; TEACHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33645813616     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v25i4.1380     Document Type: Article

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