Indoor Tanning in Norway - Statens strålevern

Content
Foreword 3
Summary 7
Norwegian summary 8
1 Indoor tanning 9
1.1 History of indoor tanning 10
2 Regulations 10
2.1 First regulation, 1983 10
2.1.1 Irradiance limits, 1983-1992 11
2.1.2 Irradiance limits, 1993- 11
2.1.3 Converting 1983-1992 data 11
2.2 New regulations, 2004 11
3 Approval of indoor tanning devices 11
3.1 Type of models approved 12
3.2 Irradiance of approved models 12
3.3 Discussion of approved models 13
4 Inspections 14
4.1 Type of inspected tanning facilities and devices 14
4.2 Compliance with regulation 15
4.3 Irradiance of inspected devices 15
4.4 Discussion of inspected sunbeds 16
5 Irradiance of indoor tanning compared to natural sun 17
6 Conclusions 18
7 Future work 19
References 20
Reports and publications on indoor tanning 20
National and international regulations 21
Reports and publications on natural sun 22
Other web-sites 22
Appendix A – Tables and figures 23
Appendix B – Measurement methods 29