Quitting the “Cancer Tube”: a qualitative examination of the process of indoor tanning cessation

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-219

  Banerjee, Smita C ^a   Hay, Jennifer L ^a   Geller, Alan C ^b   Gagne, Joshua J ^c   Frazier, A Lindsay ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Health belief model; Indoor tanning; Qualitative research; Tanning cessation; Tanning quitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUNTAN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84920579100     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-014-0257-0     Document Type: Article

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