Selected indoor tanning myths and controversies

Shedding Light on Indoor Tanning

Volumn 9789400720480, Issue , 2012, Pages 121-133

  Mendese, Gary ^a   Gilchrest, Barbara A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base tan; DNA damage; Indoor tanning; Indoor Tanning Association (ITA); Phototherapy; Tanning beds; Tanning controversies; Tanning industry; Tanning myths; Ultraviolet adverse effects; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D levels; Vitamin D supplements; Year round exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931375240     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2048-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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