On the roles of skin type and sun exposure in the risk of endometriosis and melanoma

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 513-514

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DNA; FREE RADICAL; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA REPAIR; ENDOMETRIOSIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 79953689918     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp324     Document Type: Letter

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