Vitamin D, UV, and skin cancer in the elderly: To expose or not to expose?

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-353

  Glossmann, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Melanoma; UV radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; PESTICIDE; VITAMIN D;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79959662729     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322521     Document Type: Review

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