Ultraviolet light exposure, skin cancer risk and vitamin D production

Oncology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2259-2264

  Rivas, Miguel ^a   Rojas, Elisa ^a   Araya, María C ^b   Calaf, Gloria M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^b Hospital Juan Noe Crevani   (Chile)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Skin cancer; Ultraviolet light; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84940062558     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.3519     Document Type: Article

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