More evidence of harms of sunbed use, particularly for young people

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7877, 2012, Pages

  Olsen, Catherine M ^a   Green, Adèle C ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INDOOR TANNING; LAW; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN COLOR; SUNBED; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84867244536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6101     Document Type: Editorial

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