Counseling parents and children on sun protection: A national survey of pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1056-1064

  Balk, Sophie J ^a,d   O'Connor, Karen G ^b   Saraiya, Mona ^c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

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

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Melanoma; Pediatricians; Prevention; Skin cancer; Sun protection; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE; SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CAR; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PATIENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MELANOMA; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644403495     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1305     Document Type: Article

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