Titre : | Invited Commentary : A Sunbed Epidemic ? (2010) |
Auteurs : | BERWICK (Marianne) : USA. University of New Mexico Cancer Center and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Department of Internal Medicine. University of New Mexico. Albuquerque. NM. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 172, n° 7, 2010) |
Pagination : | 768-770 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Epidémie ; Epidémiologie ; Islande ; Ultraviolet ; Cancer |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 7nR0xA9q. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The Icelandic study of melanoma trends by Héry et al. in this issue of the Journal (Am J Epidemiol. 2010 ; 172 (7) : 762-767) is a fascinating analysis of an ecologic association. The authors noted a sharp increase in melanoma incidence that appeared to lag a few years behind the increased prevalence of sunbeds in Iceland. Caution, however, must be exercised in interpreting the data because of the lack of understanding of emissions of ultraviolet radiation from sunbeds and the ecologic nature of the data. |