Sun protection behaviors among African Americans

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-131

  Hall, H Irene ^a,b   Rogers, Joseph D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal Cell Carcinoma; Melanoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033427896     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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