Cyclic patterns of incidence rate for skin malignant melanoma: Association with heliogeophysical activity

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-495

  Dimitrov, Borislav D ^a,b   Rachkova, Mariana I ^c   Atanassova, Penka A ^b  

^a BORDANI   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^c ASSON 93 Research Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclicity; Forecasting; Heliogeophysical activity (HGA); Melanoma incidence; Skin neurobiology

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PERIODICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 44849138750     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0820076     Document Type: Article

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