Evaluation of the Sunny Days, Healthy Ways sun safety curriculum for children in kindergarten through fifth grade

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-329

  Buller, David B ^a   Taylor, Ann M ^b   Buller, Mary Klein ^a   Powers, Pamela J ^c   Maloy, Julie A ^a   Beach, Barbara H ^d  

^a KLEIN BUENDEL INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c American Journal of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

CHILD; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNSTROKE;

EID: 33746892560     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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