Maternal and child constitutional factors and the frequency of melanocytic naevi in children

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-324

  Graham, Anna ^a   Fuller, Alice ^b   Murphy, Mike ^b   Jones, Michael ^c   Forman, David ^d   Swerdlow, A J ^c  

^a Division of Primary Health Care   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MOTHER; PIGMENTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNBURN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOSIS; MOTHERS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN;

EID: 0032838933     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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