Measurements of the upper body ultraviolet exposure to golfers: Non-melanoma skin cancer risk, and the potential benefits of exposure to sunlight

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Downs, Nathan J ^a   Schouten, Peter W ^b   Parisi, Alfio V ^a   Turner, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Golfers; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BACK; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FOREARM; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CANCER; SPORT; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WINTER;

GOLF; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUEENSLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 72749096967     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2009.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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