An estimate of premature cancer mortality in the U.S. due to inadequate doses of solar ultraviolet-B radiation

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1867-1875

  Grant, William B ^a,b  

^a Independent Researcher   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Colon; Corpus uteri; Ecologic; Epidemiologic; Lymphoma; Mortality rates; Multiple myeloma; Non Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL); Ovary; Pancreas; Prostate; Rectum; Ultraviolet radiation (UV); Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DIET; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; STOMACH CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHOLECALCIFEROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037086547     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10427     Document Type: Article

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