Determinants of sunbed use in a population of Danish adolescents

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-130

  Bentzen, Joan ^a   Krarup, Anne F ^a   Castberg, Ida Marie ^a   Jensen, Poul D ^a   Philip, Anja ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adolescents; continuation school; melanoma; risk factor; socioeconomic status; sunbed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DENMARK; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUNBED; SUNTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SUNBATHING;

EID: 84873412813     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283581934     Document Type: Article

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