Australians' use of fake tanning lotions: Another piece of the puzzle

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 529-532

  Girgis, Afaf ^a   Tzelepis, Flora ^a   Paul, Christine L ^a   Walsh, Raoul A ^a   McElduff, Patrick ^a,b   McKenzie, Jeanie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOTION; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZATION; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0142060953     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00828.x     Document Type: Article

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