Assessment of habitual sun exposure in adolescents via questionnaire - A comparison with objective measurement using polysulphone badges

Melanoma Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-239

  Dwyer, T ^a   Blizzard, L ^a   Gies, P H ^b   Ashbolt, R ^a   Roy, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Melanoma; Naevi; Polysulphone badges; Questionnaires; Reliability and validity; Sun; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

POLYSULFONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SULFONES; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030011256     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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