Ten-year changes in sun protection behaviors and beliefs of young adults in 13 European countries

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 460-465

  Peacey, Victoria ^a   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^b   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Europe; Health behavior; Health promotion; Skin cancer; Sunbathing; Sunscreens

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; AWARENESS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34447516721     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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