The relationship between UV exposure and incidence of skin cancer

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-35

  Moan, Johan ^a,b   Grigalavicius, Mantas ^a   Baturaite, Zivile ^a   Dahlback, Arne ^b   Juzeniene, Asta ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cutaneous melanoma; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84921064588     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phpp.12139     Document Type: Article

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