Sunscreen use and malignant melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-150

  Westerdahl, Johan ^a   Ingvar, Christian ^a   Måsbäck, Anna ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034084044     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000701)87:1<145::AID-IJC22>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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