Are we really dying for a tan?

BMJ

Volumn 319, Issue 7202, 1999, Pages 114-116

  Ness, Andrew R ^a   Frankel, Stephen J ^a   Gunnell, David J ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; OSTEOMALACIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; RICKETS; SKIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FRACTURES, BONE; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISORDERS; OSTEOMALACIA; RICKETS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0033542597     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7202.114     Document Type: Article

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