Sun exposure behavior and protection: Recommendations for travelers

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-118

  Diaz, James H ^a   Nesbitt Jr , Lee T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPIDERMODYSPLASIA VERRUCIFORMIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TRAVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TRAVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84874772328     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00667.x     Document Type: Review

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