Travellers to high UV-index countries: Sun-exposure behaviour in 7822 French adults

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-182

  Ezzedine, Khaled ^a,b   Guinot, Christiane ^c,d   Mauger, Emmanuelle ^c   Pistone, Thierry ^e   Receveur, Marie Catherine ^e   Galan, Pilar ^b   Hercberg, Serge ^b   Malvy, Denis ^e,f  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CERIES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Long term travellers; Sun exposure behaviour; Sun protection behaviour

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; FRANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 34247122699     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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