Effect of ambient solar ultraviolet radiation on incidence of squamous-cell carcinoma of the eye

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9013, 1996, Pages 1450-1451

  Newton, Robert ^a   Ferlay, Jacques ^b   Reeves, Gillian ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a   Parkin, D Maxwell ^b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; EYE CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030013317     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91685-2     Document Type: Article

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