Skin Cancer Prevention, Tanning and Vitamin D: A Content Analysis of Print Media in Germany and Switzerland

Dermatology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-10

  Reinau, Daphne ^a,b   Meier, Christoph R ^a,b,d   Blumenthal, Ralf ^e   Surber, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Vorstandsmitglied im Berufsverband der Deutschen Dermatologen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magazines; Media; Newspapers; Prevention; Skin neoplasms; Solaria; Sunburn; Sunscreening agents; Ultraviolet rays; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRINT MEDIA; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PROTECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNTAN; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASS MEDIUM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING;

GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84958104248     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000435913     Document Type: Article

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