Changes in solarium numbers in Australia following negative media and legislation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 491-494

  Makin, Jennifer K ^a   Dobbinson, Suzanne J ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Government regulation; Media; Skin cancer; Sunbeds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; ESTHETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAW; MASS MEDIUM; MELANOMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; SKIN TANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCIDENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS MEDIA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING;

EID: 70350331925     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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