Lifestyle differences in twin pairs discordant for basal cell carcinoma of the skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Milán, Tiina ^a   Verkasalo, P K ^b   Kaprio, J ^b,c   Koskenvuo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Case control study; Diseases in twins; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BODY MASS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COFFEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN CARCINOMA; SMOKING; TEA; TWIN CONCORDANCE; URTICARIA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SUNLIGHT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0043136556     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05352.x     Document Type: Article

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