Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 106-109 , July 2010

Health Disparities Among Different Ethnic and Racial Middle and High School Students in Sun Exposure Beliefs and Knowledge

  • Carol E. Cheng, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Blair Irwin, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Dana Mauriello, B.A.
    • ,
  • Laura Hemminger, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • UMDNJ–School of Public Health, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Amy Pappert, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Alexandra B. Kimball, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Alexandra B. Kimball, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin (CURTIS), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 50 Staniford St., Suite 240, Boston, MA 02114.

Received 2 November 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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 Blair Irwin was funded through a grant from the Women's Dermatological Society.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00712-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.028

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 106-109 , July 2010

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