Predictors of sun protection behaviours and sunburn among Australian adolescents

• Main Authors: Simone Pettigrew (Author), Michelle Jongenelis (Author), Mark Strickland (Author), Carolyn Minto (Author), Terry Slevin (Author), Geoffrey Jalleh (Author), Chad Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Excessive sun exposure and sunburn increase individuals' risk of skin cancer. It is especially important to prevent sunburn in childhood due to the higher relative risk of skin cancer across the life span compared to risk associated with sunburn episodes experienced later in...