Health Disparities Among Different Ethnic and Racial Middle and High School Students in Sun Exposure Beliefs and Knowledge

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-109

  Cheng, Carol E ^a   Irwin, Blair ^b   Mauriello, Dana ^d   Hemminger, Laura ^c   Pappert, Amy ^b   Kimball, Alexandra B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUN EXPOSURE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENT; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES;

SUNSCREEN;

EID: 77953291166     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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