The association between skin characteristics and skin cancer prevention behaviors

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2613-2619

  Wheless, Lee ^a   Ruczinski, Ingo ^b   Alani, Rhoda M ^c   Clipp, Sandra ^b,d   Hoffman Bolton, Judith ^b,d   Jorgensen, Timothy J ^b,e   Liégeois, Nanette J ^c   Strickland, Paul T ^b   Alberg, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d George W Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 70350091303     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0383     Document Type: Article

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