Maximising students' use of purpose-built shade in secondary schools: Quantitative and qualitative results of a built-environment intervention

Health and Place

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-142

  Dobbinson, Suzanne ^a   Jamsen, Kris ^b   McLeod, Kim ^c   White, Vanessa ^d   Wakefield, Melanie ^a   White, Victoria ^a   Livingston, Patricia ^e   Simpson, Julie A ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Shade; Skin cancer prevention; Sun protection; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CANCER; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SHADING; SKIN; SOLAR RADIATION; STUDENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHADE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84892635348     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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