The role of travel guides in the prevention of skin cancer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Bains, Robert ^a,b   Peach, Howard ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SKIN CANCER; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TRAVEL; ARTICLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SUNSCREEN;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TRAVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 40549096789     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000300217.10557.47     Document Type: Letter

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