Epidemiological support for an hypothesis for melanoma induction indicating a role for UVA radiation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-247

  Moan, J ^a,d   Dahlback, A ^b   Setlow, R B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Center of Clinical Epidemiology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033173246     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb07995.x     Document Type: Article

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