Do tanning salons adhere to new legal regulations? Results of a simulated client trial in Germany

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 133-137

  Möllers, Tobias ^a   Pischke, Claudia R ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Implementation; Legal regulations; Skin cancer; Tanning salon; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

LEATHER; RADIATION EFFECTS; SALES; TANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADDITIONAL CONTROL; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; GENERAL POPULATION; IMPLEMENTATION; LEGAL REGULATION; SKIN CANCERS; UV EXPOSURE;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84959131497     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-015-0618-1     Document Type: Article

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