Sun protection policies in Miami-Dade County public schools: Opportunities for skin cancer prevention

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-519

  Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b,c,d   Parker, Dorothy F ^b   Brathwaite, Noel ^b   Thomas, Andrea ^b   Tejada, Francisco ^b   Trapido, Edward J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MONITORING; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; STAFF; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33644801095     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2005.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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