Culture and Sun Exposure in Immigrant East Asian Women Living in Australia

Women and Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 504-518

  Jang, Haeyoung ^a   Koo, Fung Kuen ^a   Ke, Liang ^a   Clemson, Lindy ^a   Cant, Rosemary ^a   Fraser, David R ^a   Seibel, Marcus J ^a   Tseng, Marilyn ^b   Mpofu, Elias ^a   Mason, Rebecca S ^a   Brock, Kaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asian women; fair skin preference; sun avoidance; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881013851     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2013.806386     Document Type: Article

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