INTRODUCTION Two main factors have intensified interest in skin cancer. Firstly, there have been significant long term increases in the incidence of melanoma, and positive trends in the incidence of non melanoma skin ...

The incidence rate of melanoma has shown large increases in New Zealand over the past 30 years, with the result that New Zealand has one of the highest incidence rates of melanoma in the world. Primary prevention and early ...

Injuries are an important health problem for young adults (15-24 years of age), especially males. In New Zealand, the leading causes of young adult injuries that result in death or hospital admission are motor vehicle ...

Alcohol use is significantly implicated in many issues, such as motor vehicle crashes, intentional and unintentional injuries, and long term disease. Alcohol related harm was estimated in 1996, to cost New Zealand between ...