Public (Skin) Health perspectives of gender differences in tanning habits and sun protective behaviour: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey;Public (Skin) Health Aspekte von geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden im Bräunungs- und Sonnenschutzverhalten: Ergebnisse einer Querschnittsuntersuchung

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 124-131

  Haluza, Daniela ^a   Moshammer, Hanns ^a   Kundi, Michael ^a   Cervinka, Renate ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna and Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gender; Outdoor survey; Skin type; Tanning; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIAN; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC (SKIN) HEALTH SURVEY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AUSTRIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN;

EID: 84925489869     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-014-0643-0     Document Type: Article

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