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Sunburn.
Vitamin D.
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Related information on other websites
Cancer Council Victoria.
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Victorian Multilingual Cancer Information.
Bureau of Meteorology.
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Support groups
Cancer Council Victoria - Support groups.
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References used for this fact sheet
- Melanoma [online], Cancer Council Victoria. More information here.
- Skin cancers (non-melanoma) [online], Cancer Council Victoria. More information here.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Non-melanoma skin cancer: General practice consultations, hospitalisation and mortality [online], Cancer series no. 43. Cat no. 39. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2008. More information here.
- State and territories GRIM (General Record of Incidence of Mortality) Books, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra. More information here.
- Thursfield, V., Farrugia, H. & Giles, G. (2009) [online], Canstat No. 46: Cancer in Victoria 2006, Cancer Council Victoria. More information here.
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Last updated: December 2009
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