Malignant melanoma risk factors by anatomic site: A case-control study and polychotomous logistic regression analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 636-643

  Chen, Ya Ting ^a   Dubrow, Robert ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Zheng, Tongzhang ^a   Barnhill, Raymond L ^b   Fine, Judith ^c   Berwick, Marianne ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNBURN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOTHING; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0029741631     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960904)67:5<636::AID-IJC8>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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