Teenagers in the UV tanning booth? Tax the tan

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 845-846

  Dellavalle, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; EDITORIAL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BEAUTY CULTURE; BEDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; TAXES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041335654     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.9.845     Document Type: Editorial

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