Sun protection and skin examination practices in a setting of high ambient solar radiation: A population-based cohort study

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 982-990

  Olsen, Catherine M ^a   Thompson, Bridie S ^a   Green, Adèle C ^a,b   Neale, Rachel E ^a   Whiteman, David C ^a   Webb, Penelope M ^c   Cicero, Rebekah A ^c   Jackman, Lea M ^c   O'Brien, Suzanne M ^c   Ranieri, Barbara A ^c   Morze, Conrad J ^c   Soyer, H Peter ^c   English, Dallas ^c   Venn, Allison ^c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SELF REPORT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN PROTECTION PRACTICE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84941272649     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0739     Document Type: Article

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