Use of sun-protective items by Japanese pedestrians: A cross-sectional observational study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1167-1170

  Ng, William ^a   Ikeda, Shigaku ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GLOVE; HAT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; JAPANESE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASOL; PEDESTRIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SPECTACLES; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION INJURIES; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; TOKYO; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054728796     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.236     Document Type: Article

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