Outdoor activities in childhood: A protective factor for cutaneous melanoma? Results of a case-control study in 271 matched pairs

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 602-609

  Kaskel, P ^a,b   Sander, S ^a   Kron, M ^a   Kind, P ^b   Peter, R U ^a   Krahn G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leisure activities; Melanoma; Occupation; Risk factors; Ultraviolet exposure behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEILITIS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISURE; LENTIGO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOALLERGY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SKIN; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PROTECTION; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0035788575     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04432.x     Document Type: Article

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