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- Title
Legislators Combat Melanoma, Restrict Teen Tanning.
- Authors
Whitworth, Ariel
- Abstract
The article reports on the passing of bills that will ban and restrict indoor tanning for teenagers in the United States. Under a law proposed in Massachusetts, young teens would be restricted from indoor tanning beds while older teens would have to ask the permission of their parents. Legislators together with local and national advocacy groups passed the bills to limit skin cancer risk such as melanoma.
- Subjects
HUMAN skin color; SUNTAN; TEENAGERS; LEGISLATIVE bills; SKIN cancer; MELANOMA; LEGISLATORS
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2006, Vol 98, Issue 22, p1594
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djj482