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Indoor tanning and risk of early-onset basal cell carcinoma.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Oct 2012
Ferrucci Leah M, Cartmel Brenda, Molinaro Annette M, Leffell David J, Bale Allen E, Mayne Susan T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Despite an increase in incidence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) among young people and the ubiquity of indoor tanning in this population, few epidemiologic studies have investigated this exposure-disease relationship. OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the association between indoor tanning and early-onset BCC. METHODS: Patients with BCC (n = 376) and control subjects with minor benign skin conditions (n...
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