Risk factors for developing cutaneous melanoma and criteria for identifying persons at risk: Multicenter case-control study of the central malignant melanoma registry of the german dermatological society

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 695-699

  Garbe, Claus ^a   Büttner, Petra ^a   Weiß, Jürgen ^b   Soyer, Hans Peter ^c   Stocker, Ulrich ^d   Krüger, Sabine ^a   Roser, Marianne ^e   Weckbecker, Jörg ^f   Panizzon, Renato ^g   Bahmer, Friedrich ^h   Tilgen, Wolfgang ⁱ   Guggenmoos Holzmann, Irene ^a   Orfanos, Constantin E ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b University Department of Dermatology   (Germany)

^c Department of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Austria)

^d Medical Department i UK SH Campus Lübeck   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f Innovation and Cooperation   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h Universities of Homburg   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

actinic lentigines; atypical melanocytic nevi; melanocytic nevi; melanoma; risk factors; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028281333     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12374280     Document Type: Article

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