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Classifying indoor tanning behaviors can help physicians tailor prevention messages
Date:12/17/2007

ning dependence measures. Spontaneous or mood tanners [6 percent] were similar to event tanners but with a mood component to their tanning. Mixed tanners (28.6 percent) displayed a mixture of behaviors of regular and event tanning types.

The results of this study emphasize the fact that one size fits all does not apply when it comes to indoor tanning, the authors conclude. By labeling tanners by behavioral type and adjusting our interactions based on those types, we will have a more accurate picture of our patients and be more effective in our health care messages.


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