Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 61, Issue 5 , Pages 783-792, November 2009

Exposure to mass media health information, skin cancer beliefs, and sun protection behaviors in a United States probability sample

  • Jennifer Hay, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jennifer Hay, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 641 Lexington Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
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  • Elliot J. Coups, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Jennifer Ford, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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  • Marco DiBonaventura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Consumer Health Services International, New York, New York

Accepted 14 April 2009. published online 13 July 2009.

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    •  Supported in part by National Cancer Institute grants K07CA98106 (Dr Hay), 5R25CA057708-13 (Dr Coups; Principal Investigator: Paul F. Engstrom, MD) and ACS MRSG-07-165-01 CPPB (Dr Ford).

     Conflicts of interest: None declared.

    PII: S0190-9622(09)00507-6

    doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.023

    Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
    Volume 61, Issue 5 , Pages 783-792, November 2009