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Farmers and Skin Cancer Screening: Implications for Rural Health Care Providers

Author: Lee, Barbara; Marlenga, Barbara
Date Published: 1992


This paper describes the process by which large-scale skin cancer screening is conducted for farm populations, presumed findings from screenings, and the Health Belief Model's relevance to skin cancer care. Further, it describes the steps adopted to the likelihood of follow-up action taken by screening participants who were informed of a probable malignancy, and it will present data from telephone interviews with individuals who participated in a screening.

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Number of Pages: 7