Number and size of nevi are influenced by different sun exposure components: Implications for the etiology of cutaneous melanoma (Belgium, Germany, France, Italy)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-459

  Autier, Philippe ^a,b,f   Severi, Gianluca ^a   Pedeux, Remy ^c   Cattaruzza, Maria Sofia ^d   Boniol, Mathieu ^c   Grivegnée, André ^e   Doré, Jean François ^c  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Ctr Res in Epidemiol/Hlth Syst   (Luxembourg)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^f CRESIS   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Childhood; Melanoma; Nevus; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; LATITUDE; LEISURE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BELGIUM; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0041732175     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024961100651     Document Type: Article

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