Prevalence of indoor tanning use in Minnesota, 2002 [1]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-524

  Lazovich, DeAnn ^a   Sweeney, Carol ^b   Forster, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; SUNSCREEN;

DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELANOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TANNING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 17444421465     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.4.523     Document Type: Letter

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