Sun exposure and large numbers of common and atypical menalocytic naevi: An analytical study in a southern European population

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 422-425

  Carli, P ^a   Biggeri, A ^a   Nardini, P ^a   De Giorgi, V ^a   Giannotti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0031942382     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02118.x     Document Type: Article

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