Consistency of reported tanning behaviors and sunburn history among sorority and fraternity students

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Dennis, Leslie K ^a   Kim, Yoonsang ^a   Lowe, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reproducibility of results; Skin neoplasms; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSMETICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 48449089908     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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