An ecological study of cancer incidence and mortality rates in France with respect to latitude, an index for vitamin D production

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Colorectal cancer; Diet; Esophageal cancer; Lung cancer; Melanoma; Prostate cancer; Ultraviolet B; Uterine corpus cancer; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; LUNG CANCER; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 78751488988     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.2.2.13624     Document Type: Article

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