A qualitative study of older people's perceptions of skin cancer

Health Education Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 256-264

  Wright, Lindsay ^a   Bramwell, Ros ^b  

^a Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Health education; Older people; Qualitative study; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549103805     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001789690106000307     Document Type: Article

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