Ultraviolet light exposure and skin cancer in the city of Arica, Chile

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 567-572

  Rivas, Miguel ^a   Araya, María C ^b   Durán, Viviana ^b   Rojas, Elisa ^a   Cortes, Juan ^a   Calaf, Gloria M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b Hospital Juan Noé Arica   (Chile)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Photons; Radiation; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet light index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SPINOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 69549133720     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr_00000138     Document Type: Article

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