Malignant skin cancers in the Finnish Twin Cohort: A population-based study, 1976-97

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 509-512

  Milan T ^a   Verkasalo, P K ^a   Kaprio, J ^b,c   Koskenvuo, M ^a   Pukkala, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diseases in twins; Epidemiology; Genetics; Melanoma; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZATION; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036042575     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04870.x     Document Type: Article

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