UV-tanning behavior: A problem that doesn't go away

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 724-724

  Fisher, David E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET TANNING;

BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 80051866117     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00865.x     Document Type: Letter

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