An audit of Yellow Pages telephone directory listings of indoor tanning facilities and services in New Zealand, 1992-2006

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-377

  Jopson, Janet A ^a   Reeder, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compliance; Regulation; Skin cancer; Sun tanning; Sunbeds; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIRECTORY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SERVICE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; SKIN COLOR; SUNBATHING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BEAUTY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TELEPHONE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 50449096228     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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