Epidemiology of ultraviolet-DNA repair capacity and human cancer

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages 927-930

  Grossman, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma carcinoma of the lung; Basal cell carcinoma; DNA repair capacity; DNA repair capacity and aging; Gorlin's syndrome; Molecular epidemiology; Nevoid basal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; CANCER; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POINT MUTATION; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 0030866625     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s4927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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