Melanoma and sunscreen use: Need for studies representative of actual behaviours

Melanoma Research

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Autier, Philippe ^a   Doré, Jean François ^c   Renard, Françoise ^d   Luther, Heike ^e   Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia ^a,b   Gefeller, Olaf ^f   Grivegnée, André ^d  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Epidemiology; Melanoma; Prevention; Skin; Sunscreen

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 0030779786     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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