Target the message: a qualitative study exploring knowledge and cultural attitudes to sunlight and vitamin D in Greater Manchester, U.K.

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1401-1403

  Webb, A R ^a   Aseem, S ^b   Kift, R C ^a   Rhodes, L E ^a   Farrar, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84995784739     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14800     Document Type: Letter

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