Older women and suntanning: Te negotiation of health and appearance risks

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 748-761

  Hurd Clarke, Laura ^a   Korotchenko, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appearance; Health; Older women; Risk; Suntanning

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUNBATHING; SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEAUTY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SUNBATHING; SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 68749091479     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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