Sun exposure prevalence and associated skin health habits: Results from the Austrian population-based UVSkinrisk survey

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Haluza, Daniela ^a   Simic, Stana ^b   Moshammer, Hanns ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Photo protective behavior; Preventive medicine; Public health; Sunlight exposure

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING;

AUSTRIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955119288     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010141     Document Type: Article

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