Beat the heat: Don't forget your drink - A brief public education program

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-350

  Oakman, Tracey ^a   Byles Drage, Helen ^b   Pope, Rodney ^b   Pritchard, Jessica ^c  

^a Greater Southern Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Hunter Valley Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Heat stress disorders; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956027419     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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