Excessive tanning: Some psychopathological explanations

Psychiatry (Edgemont)

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 13-17

  Sansone, Randy A ^a   Sansone, Lori A ^b  

^a University School of Medicine in Dayton   (United States)

^b Department of Defense or US government ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pathological tanning; Sun tanning; Sunbathing; Tanning

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN; ULTRA SHEER DRY TOUCH SUNBLOCK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXCESSIVE TANNING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL TANNING; PUBLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77956083091     PISSN: 15505952     EISSN: 15555194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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