Reproducibility of reported measurements of sun exposure in a case- control study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 857-863

  English, Dallas R ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   Kricker, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOIRE TOPOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031706556     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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