Solaria use in Queensland, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 479-482

  Lawler, Sheleigh P ^a   Kvaskoff, Marina ^a   Disipio, Tracey ^a   Whiteman, David ^b   Eakin, Elizabeth ^c   Aitken, Joanne ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^d  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33750367916     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00468.x     Document Type: Article

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