Editorial: Ultraviolet A light: Potential underlying causes of melanoma

Future Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1523-1526

  Tang, Moon Shong ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; melanoma; oxidative; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78149452348     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.10.129     Document Type: Editorial

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