Sun exposure and sun protection habits among high-school adolescents in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 630-635

  Venuto Andrade, Cristiane Ben ^a,c   Zen, Barbara ^a   Fonseca, Gisele ^b   De Villa, Damiê ^a   Cestari, Tania ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Dermatology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 21244435997     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-01-25-RA-428.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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