Sunscreen use among US high school students, 1999-2003

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 150-153

  Jones, Sherry Everett ^a   Saraiya, Mona ^b  

^a MS K33 ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645052170     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00085.x     Document Type: Review

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