Eye and hair colour, skin type and constitutive skin pigmentation as risk factors for basal cell carcinoma and cutaneous malignant melanoma: A Danish case-control study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-80

  Lock Andersen, Jørgen ^a,c   Drzewiecki, Krzysztof T ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Constitutional factors; Epidemiology; Pigmentary traits; Risk factor; Skin cancer; Skin reflectance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENMARK; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0033030264     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750011778     Document Type: Article

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