Sun protection practices among offspring of women with personal or family history of skin cancer

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Geller, Alan C ^a,b   Brooks, Daniel R ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^c   Koh, Howard K ^d   Frazier, A Lindsay ^c,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family history; Melanoma; Parents; Skin cancer; Sun protection; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUNBURN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; GENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 33646359436     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1734     Document Type: Article

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