Sun protection policies and practices at child care centers in Massachusetts

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-503

  Kenfield, Stacey A ^a,g   Geller, Alan C ^b   Richter, Elizabeth M ^c   Shuman, Steve ^d   O'Riordan, David ^e   Koh, Howard K ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ACF Region 1 Head Start Quality Initiative   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Community health; Disease prevention; Skin cancer control

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN CANCER; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 27744516794     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-005-7283-2     Document Type: Article

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