Getting the message across: Sun protection information in media weather reports in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1126, 2001, Pages 67-70

  Bulliard, Jean Luc ^a   Reeder, Anthony ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Dept of Prev and Social Medicine ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBURN; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEW ZEALAND; RADIO; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 0035937184     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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