Correlates of sunscreen use among high school students: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Heckman, Carolyn J ^a   Coups, Elliot J ^b,c,d  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Integrative Model; intentions; skin cancer prevention; sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 80052140962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-679     Document Type: Review

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