Factors associated with skin cancer prevention practices in a multiethnic population

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 344-359

  Glanz, Karen ^a   Lew, Robert A ^b   Song, Valerie ^a   Cook, Valerie Ah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 0033145608     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819902600305     Document Type: Article

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