Invited commentary: A sunbed epidemic?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 768-770

  Berwick, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Iceland; melanoma; ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

AGE; BED; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ICELAND; MELANOMA; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUNBATHING; SUNBED; TREND STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; ICELAND; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77957314678     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq232     Document Type: Note

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