The use of commercially available personal UV-meters does cause less safe tanning habits: A randomized-controlled trial

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 758-763

  Carli, Paolo ^a   Crocetti, Emanuele ^b   Chiarugi, Alessandra ^a   Salvini, Camilla ^a   Nardini, Paolo ^a   Zipoli, Gaetano ^c   Simeone, Emilio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^d FlyBy Company   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STANDARD; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SAFETY; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 42549084147     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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