What do children aged 5 to 11 years old know about the sun and skin cancer? The practical difficulties of international collaborative research when analysis of language is involved

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 428-435

  Newton Bishop, J A ^a,b   Collins, M ^c   Hughes, B R ^m   Altman, D G ^d   Bergman, W ^e   Breitbart, E W ^f   De Stavola, B ^g   Elvers, H ^f   Gylling, F ^h   Koopman, M ^e   Marks, R ⁱ   Martin, Meg ^j   Martin, Maureen ^k   Murphy, G ^l   Osterlind, A ^h   Wetton, N ^c  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j Sir Frederick Osborn School   (United Kingdom)

^k Scoil Catriona   (Ireland)

^l BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^m Beaumont Hospital ^*

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Author keywords

Health education; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 9844223920     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199710000-00010     Document Type: Article

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