Monitoring of nevus density in children as a method to detect shifts in melanoma risk in the population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 382-387

  Pfahlberg, A ^a   Uter, W ^a   Kraus, C ^b   Wienecke, W R ^b   Reulbach, U ^a   Kolmel K F ^c   Gefeller, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Regional Health Authority   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cross sectional study; Melanoma; Pigmented nevus; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENTIGO; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SKIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542298852     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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