Preschool education on protective behavior and practice against over-exposure to sun

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 2803-2807

  Joksić, Agnes Šömen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

pre school education; prevention; skin cancer; Sun exposure; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957722557     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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