Awareness to sun exposure and use of sunscreen by the general population

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-318

  Al Robaee, Ahmad A ^a  

^a QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Sun exposure; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649785992     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: 18404812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2010.2678     Document Type: Article

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