Sun exposure, phenotypic characteristics, and cutaneous malignant melanoma. An analysis according to different clinico-pathological variants and anatomic locations (Italy)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 893-899

  Naldi, Luigi ^a   Altieri, Andrea ^b   Imberti, Gian Lorenzo ^a   Gallus, Silvano ^b   Bosetti, Cristina ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomic locations; Case control studies; Histologic types; Melanoma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EYE COLOR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; NECK; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 23944477657     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-2300-4     Document Type: Article

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