Commentary on 'Indoor tanning injuries: An evaluation of FDA adverse event reporting data'

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-222

  Feldman, Steven R ^a,b   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACNE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DATA BASE; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ESTHETICS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INDOOR TANNING; MEDLINE; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN INJURY;

BEAUTY CULTURE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 67651021880     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00444.x     Document Type: Note

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