Association between indoor tanning and melanoma in younger men and women

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 268-275

  De Ann, Lazovich ^a,b   Vogel, Rachel Isaksson ^a   Weinstock, Martin A ^c,d,e   Nelson, Heather H ^a,b   Ahmed, Rehana L ^a,b   Berwick, Marianne ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDOOR TANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TRUNK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MINNESOTA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MELANOMA; MINNESOTA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962158460     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.2938     Document Type: Article

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