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Relationship between cancer survival and ambient ultraviolet B irradiance in China

Date

Authors

Chen, Wanqing

Armstrong, Bruce K

Rahman, Bayzidur

Zheng, Rongshou

Zhang, Siwei

Clements, Mark

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

Background: Ecological studies in predominantly European populations have reported higher cancer survival in areas of higher solar ultraviolet (UV) B irradiation, perhaps due to a cancer protective effect of vitamin D synthesized photochemically in the sk

Keywords

Keywords: adult; age distribution; aged; article; bladder cancer; breast cancer; cancer incidence; cancer mortality; cancer registry; cancer survival; China; controlled study; epidemiological data; esophagus cancer; female; geographic distribution; hazard ratio; hu Cancer; China; Generalized linear model; Incidence; Mortality; Survival; UVB

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72999

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Cancer Causes and Control

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10552-013-0210-4

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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