Exposure to sunlamps, tanning beds, and melanoma risk

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 659-669

  Clough Gorr, Kerri M ^a   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^b   Perry, Ann E ^c   Spencer, Steven K ^c   Ernstoff, Marc S ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial UV; Melanoma; Skin cancer; Sunlamp; Tanning bed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN COLOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; SUNBURN; TELEPHONE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BEDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 48149086206     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9129-6     Document Type: Article

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