Recent changes in the prevalence of and factors associated with frequency of indoor tanning among US adults

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1256-1259

  Guy, Gery P ^a   Berkowitz, Zahava ^a   Holman, Dawn M ^a   Hartman, Anne M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER SURVIVOR; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR TANNING; LETTER; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNBATHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUNBATHING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946854669     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.1568     Document Type: Letter

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