Time to get serious about skin cancer prevention

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1893-1901

  Lazovich, DeAnn ^a,b   Choi, Kelvin ^a   Vogel, Rachel Isaksson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869224738     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0327     Document Type: Note

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