Skin

Body piercing and tattoo: Awareness of health related risks among 4,277 Italian secondary school adolescents  L. Cegolon et al., BMC Public Health, February 2010

Characteristics of adolescents who expressed indifference or no interest towards body art  L. Cegolon et al., BMC Public Health, October 2010

Effects of a short messaging service-based skin cancer prevention campaign in adolescents  M.D. Hingle et al., American Journal of Preventive Medicine, November 2014

The impact of an appearance-based educational intervention on adolescent intention to use sunscreen  A.L. Olson et al., Health Education Research, October 2008

Pediatricians say teens should be barred from tanning parlors  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, February 28, 2011

Prevalence of indoor tanning and association with sunburn among youth in the United States  G.P. Guy, Jr., et al., JAMA Dermatology, May 2017

Psychosocial correlates of sunburn among young adult women  C.J. Heckman et al., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2012

Spring break alert: 'Black' henna tattoos may not be safe  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, March 25, 2013

Sun-exposed skin color is associated with changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in racially/ethnically diverse children  C.M. Sawicki et al., Journal of Nutrition, April 2016

Sun safety practices among schools in the United States  E. Jones & G.P. Guy GP, Jr.JAMA Dematology, May 2017

SunSmart: Evaluation of a pilot school-based sun protection intervention in Hispanic early adolescents  K.A. Miller et al., Health Education Research, June 2015

Teen daughters and their mothers in conversation: Identifying opportunities for enhancing awareness of risky tanning behaviors  M. Gordon et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, May 2016

Teen girls' yen for indoor tans sparks battle over risks  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, August 21, 2013

Use of indoor tanning devices by high school students in the United States, 2009  G.P. Guy et al., Preventing Chronic Disease, September 2011

Use of sunscreen and indoor tanning devices among a nationally representative sample of high school students, 2001-2011  C.H. Basch et al., Preventing Chronic Disease, August 2014

When body piercings go bad  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, February 21, 2012