The role of UVA in the aetiology of non-melanoma skin cancer

Cancer Surveys

Volumn 26, Issue , 1996, Pages 173-191

  De Laat, J M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0029548241     PISSN: 02612429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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