Sunscreen prevention of melanoma in man and mouse
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Regional Academic Health Center-Edinburg, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Edinburg, TX, USA Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Laboratory Animal Science Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD, USA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA Correspondence Heather L. P. Klug, e-mail: [email protected] doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00756.x
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Melanoma risk in relation to use of sunscreen or other sun protection methods.
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