Ultraviolet radiation - Level of knowledge and health protection of college students in Slovakia. An educational-questionnaire study

Komunikacie

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Jakusova, Viera ^a   Capova, Klara ^b   Poliacek, Ivan ^a   Cap, Ivo ^b   Jakus, Jan ^a  

^a University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILINA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Knowledge of college students; Public health protection; Questionnaire; Sunbeds; Sunburn; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860602163     PISSN: 13354205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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