An ecological study of cancer mortality rates in the United States with respect to solar ultraviolet-B doses, smoking, alcohol consumption and urban/rural residence

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-76

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cancer; Ecological study; Smoking; Ultraviolet B; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON CANCER; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOLAR RADIATION; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VULVA CANCER;

EID: 78751497219     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.2.2.13812     Document Type: Article

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