Are tanning beds "safe"? Human studies of melanoma

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 517-519

  Berwick, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MELANOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 52149084768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00499.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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