Are television stations and weather pages still reporting the UV index? A national media follow-up study [3]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 526-

  Brooks, Katie R ^b   Brooks, Daniel R ^b   Hufford, Drusilla ^b   Samenow, Jason ^b   Geller, Alan C ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LETTER; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEVISION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 20244366415     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.4.526     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Geller AC, Hufford D, Miller DR, et al. Evaluation of the Ultraviolet Index: media reactions and public response. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1997;37:935-941.
2. NOAA/EPA. NOAA/EPA Ultraviolet Index Forecast. Available at: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_indexbulletin.txt. Accessed February 9, 2004.
3. Bulliard JL, Reeder A. Getting the message across: sun protection information in media weather reports in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2001;114:67-70.
4. Branstrom R, Ullen H, Brandberg Y. A randomized population-based intervention to examine the effects of the Ultraviolet Index on tanning behavior. Eur J Cancer. 2003;39:968-974.