Effect of sunscreen and clothing on the number of melanocytic nevi in 1,812 German children attending day care

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 620-627

  Bauer, Jürgen ^a   Büttner, Petra ^b   Wiecker, Tine Sander ^a   Luther, Heike ^c   Garbe, Claus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child; Clothing; Health behavior; Melanoma; Nevus; Pigmented; Sunlight; Sunscreening agents

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

CANCER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; DAY CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SWIMMING POOL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 15744397542     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi086     Document Type: Article

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