Skin cancer prevention: Sunnyside up or scrambled?

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 445-447

  Fielding, Jonathan E ^a,b   Teutsch, Steven M ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77950553027     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq056     Document Type: Editorial

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