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Sun protection practices among children with a family history of melanoma: a pilot study.

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education - 1 Dec 2012

Glenn Beth A, Bastani Roshan, Chang L Cindy, Khanna Rachna, Chen Katherine

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The goal of this pilot study was to assess sun protection practices and correlates among children with a family history of melanoma, a high risk and understudied group. Sixty-eight melanoma cases, recruited through the Los Angeles County cancer registry, completed a survey. Survivors provided data on 110 children (mean age = 8.11 years). Although most children used sunscreen (79 %), half experienced a recent...

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PMID: 22610837
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0377-5

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