Solar ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Young, Charlotte ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer burden; Melanoma; NMSC; Skin cancer; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 61449213978     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn170     Document Type: Review

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