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Title: Ultra-violet light and skin cancer

Journal Article · · CA - Cancer J. Clin.; (United States)

To determine the carcinogenic action of ultraviolet light, a series of experiments were performed. By exposure of mice to ultra-violet light for a period of not less than eight months it is possible to produce papillomata and malignant epitheliomata of the skin. When mice are tarred and exposed to ultra-violet light at the same time, the period necessary for the induction of cancer is shorter than when either tar or ultra-violet light alone is employed. A series of mice tarred for one month failed to develop cancer, but when tarred and exposed to ultra-violet light for the same period three mice developed malignant growths.

OSTI ID:
6007034
Journal Information:
CA - Cancer J. Clin.; (United States), Vol. 29:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
SKIN
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
TAR
CARCINOGENESIS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
MICE
NEOPLASMS
ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATIONS
SYNERGISM
ANIMALS
BODY
DISEASES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
MAMMALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PATHOGENESIS
RADIATIONS
RODENTS
VERTEBRATES
560400* - Other Environmental Pollutant Effects