A randomized controlled trial of an appearance-focused intervention to prevent skin cancer

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3257-3266

  Hillhouse, Joel ^a   Turrisi, Rob ^b   Stapleton, Jerod ^b   Robinson, June ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Harm reduction; Melanoma; Prevention; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 58149400319     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23922     Document Type: Article

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