Are sunscreens luxury products?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mahé, Emmanuel ^a,b   Beauchet, Alain ^a,b   De Maleissye, Marie Florence ^b   Saiag, Philippe ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

cost; melanoma; nevus; prevention; skin carcinoma; sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EUROPE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NORTH AMERICA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 80051782030     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.06.043     Document Type: Article

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