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1993 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Implications of Increased Solar UVB for Cancer Incidence

Author : B. K. Armstrong

Published in: The Role of the Stratosphere in Global Change

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Solar radiation causes malignant melanoma of the skin, non- melanocytic skin cancer, and possibly cancer of the lip and melanoma of the eye. UVB is most likely the wavelength range mainly responsible for these effects.

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Title
Implications of Increased Solar UVB for Cancer Incidence
Author
B. K. Armstrong
Copyright Year
1993
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
The Role of the Stratosphere in Global Change

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-78308-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-78306-7

Copyright Year: 1993

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78306-7_26