Gender aspects of recreational sun-protective behavior: Results of a representative, population-based survey among Austrian residents

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-21

  Haluza, Daniela ^a   Simic, Stana ^b   Höltge, Jan ^a   Cervinka, Renate ^a   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

Gender differences; Melanoma; Public Health; Questionnaire survey; Skin cancer prevention; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNGLASSES; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84956717712     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12213     Document Type: Article

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