Determinants of inadequate parental sun protection behaviour in their children - Results of a cross-sectional study in Germany

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 363-369

  Klostermann, Swaantje ^a   Bolte, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Skin cancer; Sun exposure; Sunscreen; Ultraviolet radiation; UV index

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIGRANT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TUMOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UV INDEX;

SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNSCREEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UV INDEX;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PARENTING; PARENTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84892671362     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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