Rural-urban differences in behaviors to prevent skin cancer: An analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 950-956

  Zahnd, Whitney E ^a   Goldfarb, Jonathan ^a   Scaife, Steven L ^a   Francis, Mark L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

rural; sunscreen; ultraviolet A protection; ultraviolet B protection; urban

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951938226     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.08.058     Document Type: Article

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