Site-specific risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma and pattern of sun exposure in New Zealand

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 627-632

  Bulliard, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEW ZEALAND; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0033980082     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000301)85:5<627::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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