Temporal and Spatial Melanoma Trends in Austria: An Ecological Study
Annual solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is mostly determined by latitude and altitude. Over the last decades, increasing UVR ground levels have been observed. Exposure to UVR is associated with a life-time risk to develop melanoma, a malign skin cancer. Thus, we hypothesized that melanoma incidence...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
2014
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924471/ |