Does the portrayal of tanning in Australian women's magazines relate to real women's tanning beliefs and behavior?

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-142

  Dixon, Helen G ^a   Warne, Charles D ^a   Scully, Maree L ^a   Wakefield, Melanie A ^a   Dobbinson, Suzanne J ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

magazines; tanning; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUNTAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SUNTAN; VICTORIA; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953717767     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110369057     Document Type: Article

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