Adolescent attitudes towards tanning: Does age matter?

Pediatric Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-578

  Dennis, Leslie K ^a   Kancherla, Vijaya ^a   Snetselaar, Linda G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attitudes; Behavior; Public health; Skin cancer (skin neoplasm); Tanning; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TANNING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIALIZATION; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 73949089250     PISSN: 17455111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/phe.09.55     Document Type: Review

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