Prevalence and determinants of Australian adolescents' and adults' weekend sun protection and sunburn, summer 2003-2004

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 602-614

  Dobbinson, Suzanne ^a   Wakefield, Melanie ^a   Hill, David ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^b   Aitken, Joanne F ^c   Beckmann, Kerri ^d   Reeder, Anthony I ^e   Herd, Natalie ^a   Fairthorne, Andrew ^a   Bowles, Kelly Ann ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Cancer Society of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'SHADE'; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POPULATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; SUNBURN; SUNGLASSES; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; WEATHER;

EID: 51549092281     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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