Benefit cost analysis of three skin cancer public education mass-media campaigns implemented in New South Wales, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Doran, Christopher M ^a,b   Ling, Rod ^b   Byrnes, Joshua ^c   Crane, Melanie ^d,e   Shakeshaft, Anthony P ^f   Searles, Andrew ^b   Perez, Donna ^d  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MELANOMA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROCEDURES; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84958213072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147665     Document Type: Article

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