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Indoor Tanning Practices of Colorado High School Students
Author(s) -
Karimkhani Chante,
Jadotte Yuri T.,
Townley Cate,
Collins Nicole,
Dellavalle Robert P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12598
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , sun protection , sunbathing , skin cancer , cancer , dermatology
For the first time, the 2013 Colorado Youth Risk Behavior Survey assessed indoor tanning practices of Colorado high school students. The survey revealed that girls are more likely to use indoor tanning devices than boys and that the majority of students who tan do so once or twice annually. Health care professionals and policymakers should focus on these groups in efforts to curtail indoor tanning and the associated risk of skin cancer in youth.