At what time should one go out in the sun?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 624, Issue , 2008, Pages 86-88

  Moan, Johan ^a,b   Dahlback, Arne ^c   Porojnicu, Alina Carmen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; NORWAY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; NORWAY; PHOTOPERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 42949159780     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77574-6_7     Document Type: Article

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