Effects of pictures and textual arguments in sun protection public service announcements

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 432-438

  Boer, Henk ^a   Ter Huurne, Ellen ^a   Taal, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Experimental design; Primary prevention; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CANCER; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL AID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33750969712     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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