Prevalence of solar damage and actinic keratosis in a Merseyside population

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1154-1159

  Memon, A A ^a,c   Tomenson, J A ^b   Bothwell, J ^a   Friedmann, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; England; Prevalence; Skin cancers; Solar damage

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0034101221     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03541.x     Document Type: Article

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