Young women and suntanning: An evaluation of a heath education leaflet

Psychology and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 517-527

  Castle, Catherine M ^a   Skinner, T Chas ^a   Hampson, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five personality; Health belief model; Leaflet evaluation; Skin cancer; Stage of change; Sun protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346756109     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449908407344     Document Type: Article

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