Economic evaluation of the US environmental protection agency's sunwise program: Sun protection education for young children

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kyle, Jessica W ^a   Hammitt, James K ^b   Lim, Henry W ^c   Geller, Alan C ^d   Hall Jordan, Luke H ^e,f   Maibach, Edward W ^f   De Fabo, Edward C ^g   Wagner, Mark C ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cost benefit analysis; Environmental health; Prevention; School health; Schools; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STUDENT; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; SUNWISE SCHOOL PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; RADIATION INJURY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449153697     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1400     Document Type: Article

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