Sun exposure, vitamin D and cancer risk reduction

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2073-2075

  Grant, William B ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; MELATONIN; VITAMIN D;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG MECHANISM; FOLLOW UP; LETTER; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84876693578     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.02.011     Document Type: Letter

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