Contemporary college students and body piercing

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-61

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

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body piercing; College students; Religion; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY PIERCING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; TATTOO;

EID: 2942580825     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00338-0     Document Type: Article

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