Sunbed use in children aged 11-17 in England: Face to face quota sampling surveys in the National Prevalence Study and Six Cities Study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7748, 2010, Pages 694-

  Thomson, Catherine S ^a   Woolnough, Sarah ^a   Wickenden, Matthew ^a   Hiom, Sara ^a   Twelves, Chris J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNBED; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BEAUTY CULTURE; CHILD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUNBATHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950215407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c877     Document Type: Article

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