Role of solar UVB irradiance and smoking in cancer as inferred from cancer incidence rates by occupation in Nordic countries

Dermato-Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research Center (SUNARC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Lip cancer; Nordic countries; Occupation; Pancreatic cancer; Smoking; Ultraviolet B; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NEOPLASM; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OCCUPATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SMOKING; SOLAR RADIATION; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84865198698     PISSN: 19381972     EISSN: 19381980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/derm.20965     Document Type: Article

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