Sunbeds and sunlamps: Who used them and their risk for melanoma

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 574-581

  Fears, Thomas R ^a   Sagebiel, Richard W ^b   Halpern, Allan ^c   Elder, David E ^d   Holly, Elizabeth A ^e   Guerry, Dupont ^f   Tucker, Margaret A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysplastic nevi; Melanoma; Risk factor; Sunbeds sunlamps; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SUNBED; SUNLAMP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUNBATHING; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 79956031401     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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