College students and tattoos: Influence of image, identity, family, and friends

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Armstrong, Myrna L ^a   Owen, Donna C ^a   Roberts, Alden E ^b   Koch, Jerome R ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041846715     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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