Prediction of skin cancer occurrence by ultraviolet solar index

Oncology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 893-896

  Rivas, Miguel ^a   Rojas, Elisa ^a   Calaf, Gloria M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Skin cancer; Ultraviolet light index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84856895160     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.580     Document Type: Article

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