Why do mothers still sun their infants?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 296-299

  Harrison, S L ^a   Buettner, P G ^a   MacLennan, R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neonatal jaundice; Phototherapy; Skin cancer; Sun exposure; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOGENESIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TUMOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAPER RASH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; QUEENSLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0033017147     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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