Skin cancer: Knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes of college students

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 999-1003

  Spradlin, Kimberly ^b   Bass, Martha ^a   Hyman, William ^b   Keathley, Rosanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

College students; Melanoma; Risk factors; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER RISK; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN PROTECTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUN EXPOSURE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; STUDENT; SUNLIGHT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958132529     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181eda64f     Document Type: Article

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