An Analysis of UVA Emissions from Sunlamps and the Potential Importance for Melanoma

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-70

  Miller, Sharon A ^a   Hamilton, Scott L ^a   Wester, Ulf G ^b   Cyr, W Howard ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MELANOMA; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHOTOBIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032111376     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb03253.x     Document Type: Article

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