Reduced cancer incidence among the blind

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 490-494

  Feychting, Maria ^a   Österlund, Bill ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cancer; Melatonin; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031842090     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199809000-00004     Document Type: Article

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