Phenotypic markers, sunlight-related factors and sunscreen use in patients with cutaneous melanoma: An Austrian case-control study

Melanoma Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-378

  Wolf, P ^a   Quehenberger, F ^a   Mullegger R ^a   Stranz, B ^a   Kerl, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Phenotypic markers; Skin cancer risk; Sunlight; Sunscreens; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HAIR COLOR; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031693099     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199808000-00012     Document Type: Article

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