Ultraviolet light: A hazard to children

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 328-333

  Etzel, R A ^a   Balk, S J ^a   Bearer, C F ^a   Miller, M D ^a   Shannon, M W ^a   Shea, K M ^a   Falk, H ^a   Goldman, L R ^a   Miller, R W ^a   Rogan, W ^a   Coven, B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032774423     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.2.328     Document Type: Review

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