Sun protective behaviour of primary and secondary school students in North-Western Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue FEBRUARY, 2012, Pages

  Reinau, Daphne ^a   Meier, Christoph ^a,b,c   Gerber, Nathalie ^d   Hofbauer, Günther F L ^e   Surber, Christian ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Swiss Cancer League   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Universitatsspital Basel Dermatologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Knowledge; Prevention; Questionnaire; Skin cancer; Sun protection; Sunburn; Suntan

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PROTECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SWITZERLAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SKIN TUMOR; STUDENT; SUNLIGHT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858226932     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13520     Document Type: Article

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