Incidence of skin cancers in 3867 patients treated with narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 931-935

  Hearn, R M R ^a   Kerr, A C ^a   Rahim, K F ^a   Ferguson, J ^a   Dawe, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Psoriasis; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet B; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 51849124163     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08776.x     Document Type: Article

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