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- Title
The use of commercial tanning facilities by suburban Minnesota adolescents.
- Authors
Oliphant, J A; Forster, J L; McBride, C M
- Abstract
In 1991, 1008 suburban St. Paul, Minn, high school students were surveyed via self-administered questionnaire regarding use of commercial tanning facilities, injuries experienced from tanning, use of protective measures while tanning indoors, and knowledge of the risks of tanning. Overall, 34% of the respondents had used commercial tanning facilities. Fifty percent said they had not been warned by tanning facility operators about the risks of tanning indoors, 28% reported not being told to wear goggles, and 17% reported never wearing goggles. The results indicate that these adolescents use commercial tanning services at high rates, and often in ways that increase their risk for a variety of health problems.
- Publication
American journal of public health, 1994, Vol 84, Issue 3, p476
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/ajph.84.3.476