Trends in sunburns, sun protection practices, and attitudes toward sun exposure protection and tanning among US adolescents, 1998-2004

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 853-864

  Cokkinides, Vilma ^a   Weinstock, Martin ^b,c   Glanz, Karen ^d   Albano, Jessica ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Thun, Michael ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Epidemiology; Health surveys; Skin cancer; Skin neoplasms prevention and control; Sun exposure; Sun protection; Sunburn; Sunscreen agents

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TELEPHONE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 33749064973     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-3109     Document Type: Article

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