Sunbed use, user characteristics, and motivations for tanning: Results from the German population-based SUN-study 2012

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-49

  Schneider, Sven ^a   Diehl, Katharina ^a   Bock, Christina ^a   Schlüter, Michaela ^a   Breitbart, Eckhard W ^b,c,d   Volkmer, Beate ^b,c,d   Greinert, Rüdiger ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Dermatology Center   (Germany)

^c EUROSKIN (European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention)   (Germany)

^d Association of Dermatological Prevention eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SUNBED USE; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873445885     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamadermatol.562     Document Type: Article

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