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Artificial ultraviolet sources and skin cancers: rationale for restricting access to sunbed use before 18 years of age

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Autier, P., Boyle, P. Artificial ultraviolet sources and skin cancers: rationale for restricting access to sunbed use before 18 years of age. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 5, 178–179 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc1069

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