An Overview of the Ultraviolet Index and the Skin Cancer Cases in Brazil

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-54

  Correa M P ^a,b   Dubuisson, P ^b   Plana Fattori, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SOUTH AMERICA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0242365507     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0049:AOOTUI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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