Unknown and unregulated UVA: A call for urgent research and regulation [2]

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 739-741

  Al Ani, Sami A ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NAIL MELANOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 21344473424     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2005.02.007     Document Type: Letter

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