Restricting the use of sunbeds to prevent skin cancer
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چکیده
Young people - especially women - are risking their health in pursuit of a tanned skin that they associate with celebrity, beauty and wellbeing. Tatum Anderson reports.
منابع مشابه
The association of use of sunbeds with cutaneous malignant melanoma and other skin cancers: A systematic review
Exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a known cause of skin cancer. Sunbed use represents an increasingly frequent source of artificial UV exposure in light-skinned populations. To assess the available evidence of the association between sunbed use and cutaneous malignant melanoma (melanoma) and other skin cancers, a systematic review of the literature till March 2006 on epidemiologic...
متن کاملThe association of use of sunbeds with cutaneous malignant melanoma and other skin cancers: A systematic review
Exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a known cause of skin cancer. Sunbed use represents an increasingly frequent source of artificial UV exposure in light-skinned populations. To assess the available evidence of the association between sunbed use and cutaneous malignant melanoma (melanoma) and other skin cancers, a systematic review of the literature till March 2006 on epidemiologic...
متن کاملCritique of the International Agency for Research on Cancer's meta-analyses of the association of sunbed use with risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reported meta-analyses of the association of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), finding significant correlations with ever use of sunbeds and first use of sunbeds prior to age 35 years; it did not claim that the associations showed causal links. However, some observational studies in the meta-analysis included individuals in the UK with sk...
متن کاملSunbeds and skin cancer risk: quantifying a baseline estimate of sunbed facilities in South Africa prior to implementation of sunbed regulations
INTRODUCTION In 2009, ultraviolet-emitting tanning devices, i.e. sunbeds and tanning booths, were officially classified as carcinogenic to human health (Group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. METHODS Here, we aim to estimate South African-based facilities with indoor tanning services advertised in the printed Yellow Pages and online in two directories. Printed Yellow Pag...
متن کاملVitamin D, sun, sunbeds and health.
OBJECTIVE To review the health effects of solar radiation, sunbeds and vitamin D. DESIGN The literature was searched in the electronic database MEDLINE to indentify published data between 1981 and 2011. Studies were included if they reported relative risk for cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) associated with sunbed use, vitamin D and UV effects on human health. SETTING Data from different ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 95 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017