Tanning beds: Impact on health, and recent regulations

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 640-648

  Madigan, Lauren M ^a   Lim, Henry W ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LAW; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TANNING BED; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DEVICES; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; UNITED STATES;

BEAUTY CULTURE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA DAMAGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMIN D;

EID: 85019077507     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.05.016     Document Type: Article

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