A case-control study of melanomas of the soles and palms (Australia and Scotland)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-25

  Green, Adele ^a   McCredie, Margaret ^b,c   MacKie, Rona ^d   Giles, Graham ^e   Young, Peta ^a   Morton, Colin ^d   Jackman, Lea ^a   Thursfield, Vicky ^e  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemicals; Injury; Melanoma; Nevi; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FOOT SOLE; HAND INJURY; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SOLAR SYSTEM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033044721     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008872014889     Document Type: Article

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