Measuring Nonsolar Tanning Behavior
Authors:
- DeAnn LazovichDLDeAnn Lazovich
- Jo Ellen StrykerJSJo Ellen Stryker
- Joni A. MayerJMJoni A. Mayer
- Joel HillhouseJHJoel Hillhouse
- Leslie K. DennisLDLeslie K. Dennis
- Latrice PichonLPLatrice Pichon
- Sherry PagotoSPSherry Pagoto
- Carolyn HeckmanCHCarolyn Heckman
- Ardis OlsonAOArdis Olson
- Vilma CokkinidesVCVilma Cokkinides
- Kevin ThompsonKTKevin Thompson
Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 144 (2) , 225-230
Abstract
Skin cancer continues to be a growing public health concern, with more than a million Americans affected each year.1 The mean annual percentage of change for melanoma incidence was 2.4% per year from 1992 through 20022; an increase in incidence of basal and squamous cell cancers has also been reported in New Hampshire,3 New Mexico,4 and Olmsted County, Minnesota.5 Solar UV radiation (UVR) is an established risk factor for both melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers and is thought to account, in part, for the observed trends.6Keywords
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