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SUBMITTER: Stanganelli I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6946412 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stanganelli Ignazio I Naldi Luigi L Cazzaniga Simone S Gandini Sara S Magi Serena S Quaglino Pietro P Ribero Simone S Simonacci Marco M Pizzichetta Maria Antonietta MA Spagnolo Francesco F Palmieri Giuseppe G Queirolo Paola P
Medicine 20200101 1
Sun protection early in life is an essential issue for primary prevention of skin cancers. The Il Sole per Amico was an educational campaign among 66 Italian primary schools. A total of 12,188 questionnaires were completed at baseline. Overall, 9.4% children reported >1 sunburn during the last year and 44.7% parents a use of sunlamps. Independent factors associated with sunburns were: age, lower level of parents' education, light eye and skin color, freckles, nevi on arms, intense sun exposure d ...[more]