Assessing the efficacy of appearance-focused interventions to prevent skin cancer: A systematic review of the literature

Health Psychology Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-111

  Dodd, Lorna J ^a   Forshaw, Mark J ^b  

^a NEWMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appearance; Intervention; Review; Skin cancer; UV

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956640697     PISSN: 17437199     EISSN: 17437202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2010.485393     Document Type: Article

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