Sunnier European countries have lower melanoma mortality

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 544-547

  Shipman, A R ^a   Clark, A B ^b   Levell, N J ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD AND NECK MELANOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATITUDE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOLID TUMOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 79959363747     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04024.x     Document Type: Article

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