Determinants of melanoma in a case-control study of twins (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 615-625

  Cockburn, Myles ^a   Black, William ^b   McKelvey, Wendy ^c   Mack, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Melanoma; Risk factors; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASES IN TWINS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034864535     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011271117496     Document Type: Article

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