Residential and occupational exposure to sunlight and mortality from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: Composite (threefold) case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7092, 1997, Pages 1451-1455

  Freedman, D Michal ^a   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^b   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Div of Cancer Epidemiol and Genet

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030996732     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7092.1451     Document Type: Article

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