Cutaneous malignant melanoma and sun exposure: Recent developments in epidemiology

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 444-450

  Katsambas, Andreas ^a,b   Nicolaidou, Electra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ANDREAS SYGROS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0029919947     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.4.444     Document Type: Review

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