State Regulations Have Not Decreased Indoor Tanning by Adolescents

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Dermatology| May 01 2009 State Regulations Have Not Decreased Indoor Tanning by Adolescents AAP Grand Rounds (2009) 21 (5): 52. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.21-5-52 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation State Regulations Have Not Decreased Indoor Tanning by Adolescents. AAP Grand Rounds May 2009; 21 (5): 52. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.21-5-52 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP News Search Advanced Search Topics: artificial tanning Source: Cokkinides V, Weinstock M, Lazovich D, et al. Indoor tanning use among adolescents in the US, 1998 to 2004. Cancer. 2009;115(1):190–198; doi:10.1002/cncr.24010 Investigators from the American Cancer Society, Brown University, and the University of Minnesota assessed the change in the prevalence of indoor tanning among US adolescents between 1998 and 2004. During this period legislation regulating youth access to indoor tanning facilities was passed in 11 states; eight states had such policies prior to 1998.1,2 In 1998 and 2004, the American Cancer Society conducted national population-based cross-sectional telephone surveys of behaviors related to skin cancer risk among 11- to 18-year-old youths and their caregivers. Both adolescents and their caregivers were asked questions regarding use of indoor tanning booths or sunlamps, frequency of use of indoor tanning in the past year,... Copyright © 2009 by the American Academy of Pediatrics2009 You do not currently have access to this content.