Australian adolescents compliance with sun protection behaviours during summer: The importance of the school context

Health Promotion International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Williams, Melinda ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a   Iverson, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; settings approach; skin cancer prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SKIN TUMOR; SUNBURN;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN;

EID: 80052397026     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar028     Document Type: Article

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