Long-term development of parental knowledge about skin cancer risks in Germany: Has it changed for the better?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-36

  Gefeller, Olaf ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Pfahlberg, Annette B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Prevention; Skin cancer; Sun protection; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEVUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTDOOR; PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE; PARENTING EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOGNITION; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84969913503     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.016     Document Type: Article

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