Update on evidence that support a role of solar ultraviolet-B irradiance in reducing cancer risk

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 140-146

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Child Health Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Ecological study; Endometrial cancer; Hill's criteria for causality; Immunosuppression; Melanoma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Nordic countries; Observational study; Randomized controlled trial; Renal cancer; Ultraviolet A; Ultraviolet B; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; VITAMIN D;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CANCER; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84879022378     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: 18755992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152013804487425     Document Type: Review

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