Stemming the tanning bed epidemic: Time for action

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1311-1314

  Geller, Alan C ^a,b   Balk, Sophie J ^c,d   Fisher, David E ^b,e,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MGH Cutaneous Biology Research Center   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADDICTION; CANCER RISK; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; DEVICES; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TANNING; TANNING BED; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871030540     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0133     Document Type: Short Survey

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