The prevalence of common acquired melanocytic nevi and the relationship with skin type characteristics and sun exposure among children in Lithuania

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 579-586

  Valiukeviciene, Skaidra ^a   Miseviciene, Irena ^a   Gollnick, Harald ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LITHUANIA; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 18544379959     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.5.579     Document Type: Article

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