Skin cancer preventative behaviors in state park workers: a pilot study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 467-474

  Nahar, Vinayak K ^a   Ford, M Allison ^a   Boyas, Javier F ^a   Brodell, Robert T ^b   Hutcheson, Amanda ^c   Davis, Robert E ^a   Beason, Kim R ^a   Bass, Martha A ^a   Biviji Sharma, Rizwana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Knowledge; Preventative behaviors; Self efficacy; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; KNOWLEDGE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SUNBATHING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; UTILIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84919917197     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-014-0412-8     Document Type: Article

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