Sun safety education intervention for school and home

Health Education

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 342-351

  Johnston, Robyn ^a   Cross, Donna ^a   Costa, Christine ^b   Giles Corti, Billie ^c   Cordin, Tommy ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^d   English, Dallas R ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Child care; Health and safety; Health education; Prevention costs; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133571     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280310502834     Document Type: Article

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