%0 Journal Article %T Prevalence of photoprotection and its associated factors in risk group for skin cancer in Teresina, Piau¨ª %A Amanda Eug¨ºnia Almeida Rocha %A Camila Aparecida Pinheiro Landim Almeida %A Fernanda Ayres de Morais e Silva Cardoso %A Gerardo Vasconcelos Mesquita %A Jadson Lener Oliveira dos Santos %A Maria do Carmo de Carvalho e Martins %A Regina Silva Rabelo %A Viriato Campelo %J Archive of "Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia". %D 2017 %R 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174831 %X The incidence of skin cancer has increased worldwide, particularly melanoma rates, which had a mean development of 2.6 % a year in the last 10 years. The agreement on the relation between long-term or chronic exposure to the sun and the emergence of these neoplasias has made several workers who perform activities exposed to solar radiation to form a risk group for the development of skin cancer, community health agents included %K Primary prevention %K Skin neoplasms %K Sunscreening agents %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429106/