Sun exposure and mortality from melanoma

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Berwick, Marianne ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   Ben Porat, Leah ^c   Fine, Judith ^d   Kricker, Anne ^b   Eberle, Carey ^e   Barnhill, Raymond ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA REPAIR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CALCITRIOL;

ADULT; AGED; CALCITRIOL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONNECTICUT; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 13744257861     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/dji019     Document Type: Article

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