Sunlight Exposure, Pigmentation Factors, and Risk of Nonmelanocytic Skin Cancer: II. Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 164-169

  Gallagher, Richard P ^a,d   Hill, Gerry B ^b   Bajdik, Chris D ^a   Coldman, Andrew J ^a   Fincham, Shirley ^c   Mclean, David I ^d   Threlfall, William J ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028852478     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1995.01690140048007     Document Type: Article

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