Nevi and migration within the United States and Canada: A population-based cross-sectional study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 464-473

  Dennis, Leslie K ^a,b,c,e   White, Emily ^a,b,c   McKnight, Barbara ^a,b,c   Kristal, Alan ^a,b,c   Lee, John A H ^a,b,c   Odland, Peter ^b,d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*

^d Division of Dermatology   (Japan)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Melanoma; Migration; Nevus; Pigmentation; Sunlight; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MIGRATION; NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; TEMPERATURE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0029954037     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052673     Document Type: Article

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