Use of tanning beds and incidence of skin cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1588-1593

  Zhang, Mingfeng ^a,d   Qureshi, Abrar A ^a   Geller, Alan C ^b   Frazier, Lindsay ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Han, Jiali ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; COLLEGE; DEVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TANNING BED; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEAUTY CULTURE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862015883     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.3652     Document Type: Article

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