The effect of sunscreen on melanoma risk

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 601-606

  Rigel, Darrell S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4 DIMETHYLAMINOBENZOIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; 4 ISOPROPYLDIBENZOYLMETHANE; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AVOBENZONE; BENZOPHENONE; CINNAMIC ACID; CINOXATE; DIBENZOYLMETHANE DERIVATIVE; DIOXYBENZONE; ETOCRILENE; GLYCEROL; HOMOSALICYLATE; MENTHYL ANTHRANILATE; OCTOCRYLENE; OXYBENZONE; PADIMATE A; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID OCTYL ESTER; SULISOBENZONE; SUNSCREEN; TERT BUTYLMETHOXYDIBENZOYLMETHANE; TRIETHANOLAMINE SALICYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MELANOMA; PHOTOALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036789241     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(02)00024-4     Document Type: Review

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