Ultraviolet exposure and the development of banal and atypical naevi - A cross-sectional study on Curacao and in The Netherlands

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 407-416

  Crijns, M B ^a,b   Klaver, C ^a   De Boer, A ^a   Van Hees, C ^a   Vermeer, B J ^a   Vandenbroucke, J ^a   Bergman, W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atypical naevi; Comparative study; Curacao; Melanocytic naevi; Temperate country; The Netherlands; Tropical; Ultraviolet exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUN EXPOSURE; TROPIC CLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030663391     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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