Scientists who were instrumental in sunbeds being banned in Australia are helping UK researchers to try to reduce melanoma cases
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Public health researchers who were instrumental in solariums being banned in Australia are now helping to fight for a ban in the UK to reduce the number of skin cancer cases.
Associate Prof Louisa Gordon, a health economist at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, influenced state, territory and federal governments in Australia to regulate and eventually ban tanning beds from 2016.
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