The validated sun exposure questionnaire: association of objective and subjective measures of sun exposure in a Danish population-based sample

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 446-456

  Koster B ^a,b   Sondergaard J ^b   Nielsen, J B ^b   Allen, M ^c   Olsen, A ^a   Bentzen, J ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; DANISH CITIZEN; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ERYTHEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUN RELATED BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; SUNLIGHT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007137821     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14861     Document Type: Article

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