Does mountaineering increase the incidence of cutaneous melanoma? A hypothesis based on cancer registry data

Dermatology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-203

  Moehrle, Matthias ^a,b   Garbe, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incidence; Melanoma; Mountaineering; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUNTAINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032702059     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018274     Document Type: Article

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