Summer sun exposure: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of midwest adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 364-372

  Robinson, June K ^a   Rademaker, Alfred W ^b   Sylvester, Jo Anne ^a   Cook, Brian ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

teen sun exposure

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SWIMMING;

EID: 0030918543     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0156     Document Type: Article

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