Sun-protection behaviour and self-assessed burning tendency among sunbathers

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 162-165

  Stender, I M ^a,b   Lock Andersen, J ^a   Wulf, H C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Sun exposure; Sunbather; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN;

EID: 0030442426     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1996.tb00193.x     Document Type: Article

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