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Severe Sunburns and Sunbed Use Risk with Cutaneous Melanoma: A Case–Control Study in Lithuania [PDF]

Medicina
Background and Objectives: To our knowledge, this is the first case–control study conducted in the Baltic countries that identified CM risk factors focusing on the investigated subjects’ phenotypic traits, severe sunburns, sunscreen and tanning bed use ...
Grinvydas Butrimas, Lukas Šemeklis, Renata Paukštaitienė, Augustė Dubinskaitė, Ugnė Janonytė, Dalia Lukšienė, Skaidra Valiukevičienė   +6 more
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Building evidence for indoor tanning as a behavioral addiction: concerns, problems, and change perceptions are associated with addictive symptoms [PDF]

BMC Psychology
Background Rates of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-emitting tanning bed use have declined in the United States over the past decade. However, many young adults continue to indoor tan at rates that put them at risk for melanoma.
Allison Leip, Carolyn J. Heckman, Jerod L. Stapleton   +2 more
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Extraction and Optimization of Tanning Material from Osyris lanceolata Barks: Cleaner Leather Tanning Processing

Journal of Chemistry, 2023
Tanning is a processing mechanism that prevents the collagen fibers from putrefaction to maximize the hydrothermal stability of leather. Tannin agents extracted from plants were used in leather production in a process called vegetable tanning.
Zerihun Teshome, Tesfaye Agazhi, Tale Gashew, Biniyam Solomon, Tsion Belay, Belete Baye, Efrem Temach   +6 more
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A Social Media–Based Public Health Campaign to Reduce Indoor Tanning in High-Risk Populations

AJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: Indoor tanning beds cause more than 450,000 new skin cancers each year, yet their use remains common, with a global indoor tanning prevalence of 10.4%.
Isabella de Vere Hunt, BM, BCh, Zhuo Ran Cai, MD, Vanessa Nava, BS, Natnaelle E. Admassu, MD, MS, Stephanie Bousheri, BS, Tiffani Johnson, BS, Anna Tomz, Jessica Thompson, BA, Lucy Zhang, BA, Sherry Pagoto, PhD, Mackenzie R. Wehner, MD, MPhil, Maya B. Mathur, PhD, Eleni Linos, MD, MPH, DrPH   +12 more
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Water reuse in the post-tanning process: minimizing environmental impact of leather production

Water Science and Technology, 2022
Post-tanning wastewater is very diversified, as the post-tanning stage should meet the desirable properties of the leather for the final product, with low standardization of the process (compared to beamhouse and tanning).
Rodrigo Miguel Klein, Éverton Hansen, Patrice Monteiro de Aquim   +2 more
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Bin Tan [PDF]

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020
"My biggest motivation is to make a creative and significant contribution in several research fields … My favorite saying is to try our best without regret " Find out more about Bin Tan in his Author Profile.
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Beliefs, attitudes and perceptions to sun-tanning behaviour in the Norwegian population: a cross-sectional study using the health belief model

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Norway has one of the highest incidences of melanoma in the world. It has been suggested that the majority of all skin cancers could be prevented by changes related to sun-tanning behaviour. This study explores the sun-tanning behaviour of the
Hanne Stavenes Støle, Lill Tove Norvang Nilsen, Pål Joranger   +2 more
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Evaluation of DNA-Damaging Effects Induced by Different Tanning Agents Used in the Processing of Natural Leather—Pilot Study on HepG2 Cell Line

Molecules, 2022
For a long time, the production and processing of cowhide was based on the use of chrome tanning. However, the growing problem with chromium waste and its negative impact on human health and the environment prompted the search for more environmentally ...
Sanja Ercegović Ražić, Nevenka Kopjar, Vilena Kašuba, Zenun Skenderi, Jadranka Akalović, Jasna Hrenović   +5 more
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Availability of tanning salons in Ontario relative to indoor tanning policy (2001–2017)

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2018
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from indoor tanning equipment is a known cause of skin cancer; however, little is known about how the availability of indoor tanning salons has been impacted by indoor tanning legislation, including Ontario's Skin Cancer ...
Jennifer E. McWhirter, Spencer Byl, Alyssa Green, William Sears, Andrew Papadopoulos   +4 more
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Decrease in Self-Reported Tanning Frequency among Utah Teens following the Passage of Utah Senate Bill 41: An Analysis of the Effects of Youth-Access Restriction Laws on Tanning Behaviors

Journal of Skin Cancer, 2014
Introduction. Adolescent use of indoor tanning facilities is associated with an increased risk in later development of melanoma skin cancers. States that have imposed age restrictions on access to indoor tanning generally show lower self-reported rates ...
Rebecca G. Simmons, Kristi Smith, Meghan Balough, Michael Friedrichs   +3 more
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