Pigmentary traits, modalities of sun reaction, history of sunburns, and melanocytic nevi as risk factors for cutaneous malignant melanoma in the italian population: Results of a collaborative case-control study

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2703-2710

  Naldi, Luigi ^a,d   Imberti, G Lorenzo ^a   Parazzini, Fabio ^b   Gallus, Silvano ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^e   Cainelli, Tullio ^e   Rebora, Alfredo ^e   Tognoni, Gianni ^e   Peserico, Andrea ^e   Arcangeli, F ^e   Calista, D ^e   Landi, G ^e   Di Landro, A ^e   Puiatti, P ^e   Catricala C ^e   Eibenschutz, L ^e   Gallicano, Roma S ^e   Lo Scocco, G ^e   Di Lernia, V ^e   Tosti, A ^e   Misciali, C ^e   Scardigli, F ^e   Cristofolini, M ^e   Simonacci, M ^e   Sigona, M ^e   Pasolini, G ^e   Manganoni, A ^e   Lonati, A ^e   Betti, R ^e   Barba, A ^e   De Agostini, F ^e   Chieregato, C ^e   Fabbrocini, G ^e   Balato, N ^e   Santoianni, P ^e   Bertazzoni, M G ^e   Danese, P ^e   Stanganelli, I ^e   Moretti, S ^e   Carli, Y P ^e   Iannantuono, M ^e   Taddeucci, P ^e   Virgili, A ^e   Fenizi, G ^e   Rossi, E ^e   Pini, M ^e   Galbiati, G ^e   Locatelli, A ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Ist di Ric Farmacologiche M Negri   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Case control study; Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Mediterranean populations; Melanocytic nevi; Pigmentary traits; Risk factors; Sunburns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; ITALY; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0034660237     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000615)88:12<2703::AID-CNCR8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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