Indoor tanning, mental health, and substance use among college students: The significance of gender

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 819-827

  Mosher, Catherine E ^a   Danoff Burg, Sharon ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; Depression; indoor tanning; skin cancer; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUNBATHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ENGLAND; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUNBATHING; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956979407     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309357091     Document Type: Article

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