Building awareness of the health risks of sunbed use: Identification of target groups for prevention

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 291-299

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

^a MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Association of Dermatological Prevention (ADP) E V   (Germany)

^c Dermatology Center   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Melanoma; Prevention; Risk behavior; Skin cancer; Sunbed use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SUNBED USE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MELANOMA; PREVENTION; RISK BEHAVIOR; SKIN CANCER; SUNBED USE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84887408908     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12066     Document Type: Article

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