Association Between Indoor Tanning and Melanoma in Younger Men and Women
Author(s) -
DeAnn Lazovich,
Rachel I. Vogel,
Martin A. Weinstock,
Heather H. Nelson,
Rehana L. Ahmed,
Marianne Berwick
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 2168-6084
pISSN - 2168-6068
DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.2938
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , sunbathing , incidence (geometry) , demography , odds , population , melanoma , logistic regression , dermatology , environmental health , physics , cancer research , sociology , optics
In the United States and Minnesota, melanoma incidence is rising more steeply among women than men younger than 50 years. To our knowledge, no study has examined age- and sex-specific associations between indoor tanning and melanoma to determine if these trends could be due to greater indoor tanning use among younger women.
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