Legislation restricting access to indoor tanning throughout the world

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1006-1012

  Pawlak, Mary T ^a   Bui, Melanie ^b   Amir, Mahsa ^b   Burkhardt, Diane L ^c   Chen, Alan K ^c   Dellavalle, Robert P ^b,d  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDOOR TANNING; LAW; MEDICAL DEVICE; MELANOMA; PARENTAL CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANNING BED; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BEAUTY CULTURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84866491132     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2012.2080     Document Type: Article

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