Sunscreen prevention of melanoma in man and mouse

نویسندگان

  • Heather L P Klug
  • Janet A Tooze
  • Cari Graff-Cherry
  • Miriam R Anver
  • Frances P Noonan
  • Thomas R Fears
  • Margaret A Tucker
  • Edward C De Fabo
  • Glenn Merlino
چکیده

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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دوره 23  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010