Association of first ocular melanoma with subsequent cutaneous melanoma: Results from the Swedish family-cancer database [2]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-258

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Zhang, Hong ^a   Czene, Kamila ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; RISK; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037457378     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10934     Document Type: Letter

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