Observed use of sunglasses in public outdoor settings around Melbourne, Australia: 1993 to 2002

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-296

  Lagerlund, Magdalena ^a   Dixon, Helen G ^a   Simpson, Julie A ^a   Spittal, Matt ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^b   Dobbinson, Suzanne J ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cataract; Eye diseases; Eye protective devices; Observation; Public health; Skin neoplasms; Sunlight; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEISURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORBIT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 33645968114     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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