"It's a beautiful day ... for cancer": An innovative communication strategy to engage youth in skin cancer prevention

Social Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 86-105

  Potente, Sofia ^a   Mciver, Jackie ^a   Anderson, Caroline ^a   Coppa, Kay ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b Vivid Research   (Australia)

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EID: 84860392577     PISSN: 15245004     EISSN: 15394093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15245004.2011.595604     Document Type: Article

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