Use of indoor tanning devices by adults - United States, 2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 323-326

  Hartman, Anne M ^a   Guy, Gery P ^b   Holman, Dawn M ^b   Saraiya, Mona ^b   Plescia, Marcus ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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EID: 84862015603     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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