Policy statement - Ultraviolet radiation: A hazard to children and adolescents

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 588-597

  Balk, Sophie J ^a   Binns, Helen J ^a   Brumberg, Heather L ^a   Forman, Joel A ^a   Karr, Catherine J ^a   Paulson, Jerome A ^a   Osterhoudt, Kevin C ^a   Seltzer, James R ^a   Sandel, Megan T ^a   Wright, Robert O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Artificial tanning; Children; Melanoma; Prevention; Skin cancer; Skin cancer prevention; Sun; Sun protection; Sunscreen; Tanning; Ultraviolet radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SUNSCREEN; TETRACYCLINE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHILD; ERYTHEMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PEDIATRICIAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79952236828     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3501     Document Type: Review

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