Examination of body image issues and willingness to be body scanned

Women and Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 99-117

  Domina, Tanya ^a   Heuberger, Roschelle ^a   MacGillivray, Maureen ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body scanning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 46449129210     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v46n04_06     Document Type: Article

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