College students' cognitive rationalizations for tanning bed use: An exploratory study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 761-762

  Banerjee, Smita C ^a   Hay, Jennifer L ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; TANNING BED USE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RATIONALIZATION; STUDENTS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862669878     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2012.398     Document Type: Article

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