摘要：Introduction: In Poland, the incidence o f malignant melano ma increases each year. Purpose: To assess the student s. knowledge about sunbed use and side effect o f solar radiat ion. Materials and methods: The study was carried o ut among 577 students of t he Med ical Universit y of Bia.ystok based o n a .sunbed survey.. Results: Of the 577 students, 390 (67.6%) had used a su nbed. Tanning 273 (70%) and preparatio n for sunny holidays 201 (51.6%) were t he main reasons for sunbed use. Almo st 61% of respo ndents were against the sunbed use by children or youths. SPF abbreviation was known by 64.4% of students. Mo st respondents 73.9% used the UVR-protect ion cosmetics in summer usually (66.9%). They avo ided sun tannin g between Noon - 15 o .clock (43.1%). Tano rexia as "an addictio n to tanning" was defined by 27.4 % of the respondents. The main sources of k nowledg e on sunbeds and side-effects o f so lar radiatio n were: magazines (34.6%) the Internet (29.5%) and TV (28.1%). Conclusions: The students. kno wledg e about sunbed use and side-effect of solar radiation was varied. The majorit y o f respondent s knew t hat tanning to be a health risk, and they were against sunbeds cou ld be used by children and yo uths. Mo st the surveyed did not know tanorexia term
