Sunbathing and sunlamp exposure: Awareness and risk among Italian teenagers

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 224-225

  Fabbrocini, Gabriella ^a   Mazzella, Caterina ^a   Marasca, Claudio ^a   De Vita, Valerio ^a   Savastano, Riccardo ^b   Monfrecola, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Expert in Health Management   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sunbathing; Sunlamps; Tanorexia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AWARENESS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LETTER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUNBATHING; SUNLAMP EXPOSURE; TANOREXIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84868589378     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2012.00673.x     Document Type: Letter

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