Assessing Behavior, Knowledge, and Attitudes About Melanoma: An Educational Intervention for Female College Athletes

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-18

  Bagatti, Marissa ^c   Englert, Nadine ^a   Cline, Thomas ^b  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

College athletes; Female college athletes; Melanoma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952787100     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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