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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Dec 27, 2005
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The Role of Vitamin D in Cancer Prevention

Cedric F. Garland, DrPH, Frank C. Garland, PhD, Edward D. Gorham, PhD, MPH, Martin Lipkin, MD, Harold Newmark, ScD, Sharif B. Mohr, MPH and Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD

Cedric F. Garland, Frank C. Garland, and Edward D. Gorham are with the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Cedric F. Garland, Frank C. Garland, Edward D. Gorham, and Sharif B. Mohr are with the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, Calif. Martin Lipkin is with the Strang Cancer Prevention Center, New York, NY. Harold Newmark is with the Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. Michael F. Holick is with the Vitamin D Laboratory, Section of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.


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  		FIGURE 1— Age-adjusted colon cancer mortality rates, by county area, and contours of annual mean daily solar irradiance in Langleys (calories/cm2), United States, 1970–1994.

Source. Developed through use of National Cancer Institute and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data (available at http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/charts.html and http://www.noaa.gov).

 

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  		FIGURE 2— Age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates, by county area, and contours of annual mean daily solar irradiance in Langleys (calories/cm2), United States, 1970–1994.

Source. Developed through use of National Cancer Institute and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data (available at http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/charts.html and http://www.noaa.gov).

 




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