Sun protection practices, knowledge and attitudes to tans among New Zealand adolescents, 1991-1997

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1132, 2001, Pages 229-231

  Richards, Rosalina ^a   McGee, Rob ^a   Knight, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBURN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 0035947720     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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