Acculturation and sun-safe behaviors among US Latinos: Findings from the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 734-741

  Andreeva, Valentina A ^a   Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Yaroch, Amy L ^b   Cockburn, Myles G ^a   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^a   Reynolds, Kim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SHADE; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT; SUNTAN; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SUNTAN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149146118     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122796     Document Type: Review

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