Sun-Seeking Behavior to Increase Cutaneous Vitamin D Synthesis: When Prevention Messages Conflict

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-539

  Clipp, Sandra L ^a,b   Burke, Alyce ^a,b   Hoffman Bolton, Judith ^a,b   Alani, Rhoda ^c,d   Liégeois, Nanette J ^c   Alberg, Anthony J ^a,b,e  

^a Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUN SEEKING BEHAVIOR; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHESIS; UNITED STATES; ASTRONOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLAR SYSTEM; VITAMIN D;

EID: 80051554638     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600409     Document Type: Article

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