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Guidelines for the development of social marketing programmes for sun protection among adolescents and young adults

  • K.M. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 4221 5811; fax: +61 2 4221 3370.
    • ,
  • S.C. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • ,
  • D. Iverson

      Affiliations

    • Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

Received 24 October 2008 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 29 June 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00176-0

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.06.018

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