Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 12-15 , January 2008

Outdoor sports and skin cancer

  • Matthias Moehrle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCHU Bordeaux, Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital St André, 1 rue J. Burguet, F-33075 Bordeaux, France. Tel.: +33 556 794705; fax: +33 556 794975.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.10.001

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