Intermittent and chronic ultraviolet light exposure and uveal melanoma: A meta-analysis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1599-1607

  Shah, Chirag P ^a,b,d   Weis, Ezekiel ^a,c   Lajous, Martin ^a   Shields, Jerry A ^d,e   Shields, Carol L ^d,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LATITUDE; LEISURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOKERATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UVEA MELANOMA; WELDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK; UVEA; UVEA TUMOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UVEA; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24944588019     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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