Melanocytic nevi, solar keratoses, and divergent pathways to cutaneous melanoma

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 806-812

  Whiteman, David C ^a   Watt, Peter ^a   Purdie, David M ^a   Hughes, Maria Celia ^a   Hayward, Nicholas K ^a   Green, Adèle C ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; TRUNK; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0038380324     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.11.806     Document Type: Article

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