Shedding Light on Indoor Tanning

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Heckman, Carolyn J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Manne, Sharon L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Dermatology.; Health promotion.; Health.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Health psychology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Health Psychology.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

Since the industrialization and urbanization of the Western workforce, tanned skin has been perceived increasingly as attractive and fashionable for naturally light-skinned individuals. However, in addition to causing tanning, photo-aging, and other health effects, ultraviolet radiation (UV) is a we...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

•  1. Introduction
• 2. History and Culture of Tanning in the United States
• 3. Prevalence and Correlates of Indoor Tanning
• 4. Motivations for Indoor Tanning: Theoretical Models
• 5. How Ultraviolet Radiation Tans Skin
• 6. Skin Cancer and Other Health Effects of Indoor Tanning
• 7. Tanning Dependence: Is tanning an addiction?- 8. Selected Indoor Tanning Myths and Controversies
• 9.  A Systematic Review of Intervention Efforts to Reduce Indoor Tanning
• 10. Indoor Tanning Regulation, Enforcement, Taxation, and Policy
• 11. Sunless Tanning
• 12. International Perspectives on Indoor Tanning
• 13. Indoor Tanning:Past, Present, and Future.