Geography of non-melanoma skin cancer and ecological associations with environmental risk factors in England

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Wheeler, B W ^a   Kothencz, G ^a   Pollard, A S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; RADON;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARSENIC; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84880330383     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.288     Document Type: Article

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