What influences university students' intentions to practice safe sun exposure behaviors?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 486-492

  Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health beliefs; Protection motivation theory; Skin cancer; Sun exposure; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SUNBURN;

EID: 9644295670     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.11.093     Document Type: Article

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