Determinants of personal ultraviolet-radiation exposure doses on a sun holiday

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1073-1079

  Petersen, B ^a   Thieden, E ^a   Philipsen, P A ^a   Heydenreich, J ^a   Wulf, H C ^a   Young, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MELANOMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUN EXPOSURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84876970722     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12211     Document Type: Article

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