Practice of skin cancer prevention among road traffic police officers in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4577-4581

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Road traffic police officers; Skin cancer prevention; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84885806953     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.8.4577     Document Type: Article

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