The indoor tanning industry's double game

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9774, 2011, Pages 1299-1301

  Autier, Philippe ^a   Doré, Jean François ^b   Breitbart, Eckhard ^c   Greinert, Rüdiger ^c   Pasterk, Markus ^a   Boniol, Mathieu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Elbekliniken Buxtehude   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; VITAMIN D;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR TANNING INDUSTRY; INTESTINE CANCER; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79954576328     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61966-6     Document Type: Note

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