UV radiation & skin cancer: The science behind age restrictions for tanning beds

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864767593     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.120-a308     Document Type: Article

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