Ultraviolet light exposure influences skin cancer in association with latitude

Oncology Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1153-1159

  Rivas, Miguel ^a   Araya, María C ^b   Caba, Fresia ^a   Rojas, Elisa ^a   Calaf, Gloria M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b Hospital Juan Noé Arica   (Chile)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Latitude; Skin cancer; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79952220924     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2011.1164     Document Type: Article

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