Sunscreen use in NCAA collegiate athletes: Identifying targets for intervention and barriers to use

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-496

  Wysong, Ashley ^a   Gladstone, Hayes ^b   Kim, David ^a   Lingala, Bharathi ^a   Copeland, Joyce ^c   Tang, Jean Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Berman Gladstone Skin Institute   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Coaches; Photoprotection; Skin cancer; Sport; Sunburn; Sunscreen; UV radiation; UVA protection; UVB protection

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT PROTECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SUNBURN; TRAINING; WRINKLE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPORTS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84868303964     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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