Adolescents' use of indoor tanning: A large-scale evaluation of psychosocial, environmental, and policy-level correlates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 930-938

  Mayer, Joni A ^a,f   Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Slymen, Donald J ^a   Sallis, James F ^b   Forster, Jean L ^c   Clapp, Elizabeth J ^a   Hoerster, Katherine D ^a   Pichon, Latrice C ^a   Weeks, John R ^a   Belch, George E ^a   Weinstock, Martin A ^d   Gilmer, Todd ^e  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUNBATHING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUNBATHING;

EID: 79954590758     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300079     Document Type: Article

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