Positive attitudes towards suntanning and reported tendency to engage in lifestyle behaviors that increase risk of skin cancer

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 417-418

  Hanley, Jayne M ^a   Pierce, Jessica L ^a   Gayton, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; STUDENT; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0030266631     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.417     Document Type: Article

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