Assessing a sun protection program aimed at Greek elementary school students for malign melanoma prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5009-5018

  Saridi, Maria Ioannis ^a   Rekleiti, Maria Demetrios ^b   Toska, Aikaterini George ^b   Souliotis, Kyriakos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Korinthos   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Child health; Malign melanoma; Prevention; School health; Skin cancer; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENT; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MELANOMA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84904607894     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.12.5009     Document Type: Article

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