Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, Issue 2 , Pages 223-226 , February 2010

Standards for genital protection in phototherapy units

  • Farah R. Abdulla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Farah R. Abdulla, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, PO Box 670592, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0592.
    • ,
  • Christopher Breneman

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
    • ,
  • Brian Adams, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Department of Dermatology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Debra Breneman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cincinnati Group Health Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio

,Accepted 3 April 2009.

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 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(09)00776-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.060

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 62, Issue 2 , Pages 223-226 , February 2010

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