Knowledge, attitude, and practice of adults to the protective actions against sun in Northwest Tehran, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Mousavi, Fatemeh ^a   Golestan, Banafsheh ^b   Vaseie, Mohammad ^c   Vaseie, Leila ^d   Khajeh Kazemi, Razieh ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Knowledge; Practice; Sun harm; Sun protection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952920520     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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