Improving short-term sun safety practices among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: A randomized controlled efficacy trial

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-254

  Mays, Darren ^a   Black, Jessica Donze ^b   Mosher, Revonda B ^c   Shad, Aziza T ^a   Tercyak, Kenneth P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behavioral intervention; Cancer; Health promotion; Sun safety; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; STATISTICS; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFETY; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052028214     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-011-0177-7     Document Type: Article

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