Sun exposure predicts risk of ocular melanoma in Australia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-182

  Vajdic, Claire M ^a   Kricker, Anne ^b   Giblin, Michael ^c   McKenzie, John ^d   Aitken, Joanne ^e   Giles, Graham G ^f   Armstrong, Bruce K ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b National Breast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital   (Australia)

^e CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Australia; Ocular melanoma; Sun exposure; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; EYE MELANOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOROID DISEASES; CILIARY BODY; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE COLOR; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037056215     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10579     Document Type: Article

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