Risk factors of non-melanoma skin cancer in United States veterans patients: A pilot study and review of literature

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-132

  Chuang, Tsu Yi ^a,b   Brashear, Ryan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Non melanoma skin cancer; Risk factors; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SOLDIER; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ELASTIC TISSUE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; KERATOSIS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN AGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SUNBURN; TELANGIECTASIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0032930490     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(98)00147-0     Document Type: Article

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