National and International Health Data Sources

National and international sources of data on health effects from exposure to UV radiation are limited primarily to statistics on melanoma skin cancer. However, some data are also available on ocular damage. It is hoped that users with knowledge of other existing databases will bring these to our attention in order to make this listing more comprehensive. The sources currently listed below provide a brief description of the area covered, the data, and contacts.

Japan

• Japanese National Cancer Center
  
  National Cancer Center -- Tokyo, Japan

Luxembourg

• The Morphological Tumor Registry
  
  Le Registre Morphologique des Tumeurs au Grand-Duche de Luxembourg (in French)

United States

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCR)
  
  National Comprehensive Cancer Network

• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
  
  SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1973-1991
  CDC Searches and Queries -- online search and query of SEER data

• First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1971-1975: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  
  Dermatology, ages 1-74 (Tape No. 4151)
  Ophthalmology, ages 1-74 years (Tape No. 4161)

• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
  
  NAACCR
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  
  International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
  Mortality Database

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