Exposure to the 'Dark Side of Tanning' skin cancer prevention mass media campaign and its association with tanning attitudes in New South Wales, Australia

Health Education Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 336-346

  Perez, Donna ^a   Kite, James ^b   Dunlop, Sally M ^a   Cust, Anne E ^b   Goumas, Chris ^b   Cotter, Trish ^c   Walsberger, Scott C ^d   Dessaix, Anita ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNBATHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNBATHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926472221     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyv002     Document Type: Article

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