Association between incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and solar ultraviolet radiation in England and Wales

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7039, 1996, Pages 1128-1131

  Bentham, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030010426     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7039.1128     Document Type: Article

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