Indoor tanning facility density in eighty U.S. cities

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-202

  Palmer, Richard C ^a   Mayer, Joni A ^a   Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Eckhardt, Laura ^a   Sallis, James F ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary prevention; Recreational tanning; Skin neoplasms; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LEISURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; CAUCASIAN; CITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEATHER;

BEAUTY CULTURE; CENSUSES; CITIES; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH RESORTS; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEATHER;

EID: 0036616742     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015202023512     Document Type: Article

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