Seasonal variation in the month of birth in teenagers and young adults with melanoma suggests the involvement of early-life UV exposure

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 250-253

  Basta, Nermine O ^a   James, Peter W ^a   Craft, Alan W ^a   McNally, Richard J Q ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MELANOMA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PARTURITION; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651448149     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00791.x     Document Type: Letter

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