Effects of media images on attitudes toward tanning

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Mahler, Heike I M ^a   Beckerley, Shiloh E ^b   Vogel, Michelle T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77952509592     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973531003738296     Document Type: Article

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