Melanoma and lifetime UV radiation

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 893-902

  Solomon, Cam C ^a   White, Emily ^a   Kristal, Alan R ^a   Vaughan, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

melanoma; residence; sunlight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNBURN; TELEPHONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 10844280687     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1142-9     Document Type: Article

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