Health promotion programs for melanoma prevention: Screw or spring?

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 538-540

  Hill, David ^a   Marks, Robin ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARE; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; VICTORIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 42549115449     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.4.538     Document Type: Editorial

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