Body-site distribution of melanocytic nevi in young Australian children

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Harrison, Simone Lee ^a   Buettner, Petra Gertraud ^a   Maclennan, Robert ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE;

ARM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032927762     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.1.47     Document Type: Article

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