Low-dose ultraviolet exposure early in development can lead to widespread melanoma in the opossum model

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-244

  Robinson, E S ^a   Hubbard, G B ^a   Colon, G ^a   Vandeberg, J L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasis; Neonate; Opossum; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OPOSSUMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031690407     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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