Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of elementary school students regarding sun exposure and skin cancer

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 529-535

  Rouhani, Panta ^a   Parmet, Yisrael ^a,b   Bessell, Ann G ^a   Peay, Tamika ^c   Weiss, Alina ^c   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 70350020301     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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