Ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer of humans

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-7

  Urbach, Frederick ^a  

^a Temple Medical Practices   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Malignant melanoma; Non melanoma skin cancer; Ozone; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION CATARACT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MICE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OZONE; RATS; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030832096     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(97)00029-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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