Sun and skin cancer

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 515-518

  Whittaker, Sean ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

CAUSALITY; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MUTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0030595609     PISSN: 00071064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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