Skin cancer risk factors among primary school children: Investigations in Western Hungary

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 320-324

  Fehér, Katalin ^a   Cercato, Maria Cecilia ^b   Prantner, Ida ^c   Dombi, Zsuzsanna ^c   Burkali, Bernadett ^a   Paller, Judit ^a   Ramazzotti, Valerio ^b   Sperduti, Isabella ^b   Nádasi, Edit ^c   Parragi, Katalin ^a   Menyhárt, Ildikó ^a   Natali, Pier Giorgio ^b   Ember, István ^c  

^a Western Transdanubian Regional Institute of National Public Health and Medical Officers' Service   (Hungary)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Children; Hungary; Melanoma; Prevention; Risk factors; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CLOTHING; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 79958786530     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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