Long-term effects of appearance-based interventions on sun protection behaviors

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 350-360

  Mahler, Heike I M ^a,b   Kulik, James A ^a   Gerrard, Meg ^c   Gibbons, Frederick X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoaging; Skin cancer; Spectrophotometry; Sun protection; UV photos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOAGING; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 34248590084     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.3.350     Document Type: Article

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