Double Exposure: Natural and Artificial Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure in Beachgoers

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 652-655

  Ramirez, Mark A ^a   Warthan, Molly M ^a   Uchida, Tatsuo ^a   Wagner Jr , Richard F ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SEASHORE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COCARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION INJURY; RISK; SKIN TUMOR; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATHING BEACHES; COCARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TEXAS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0141831174     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000053922.00688.57     Document Type: Review

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