A multicentre epidemiological study on sunbed use and cutaneous melanoma in Europe

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2141-2149

  Bataille, Véronique ^a,b   Boniol, Mathieu ^c   De Vries, Esther ^d   Severi, Gianluca ^e,f   Brandberg, Yvonne ^g   Sasieni, Peter ^a   Cuzick, Jack ^a   Eggermont, Alexander ^d   Ringborg, Ulrik ^g   Grivegnée, André Robert ^h   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^d,i   Chignol, Marie Christine ^c   Doré, Jean François ^c   Autier, Philippe ^e,h  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

ⁱ The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control study; Melanoma; Naevus; Sun exposure; Sunbed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BELGIUM; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NETHERLANDS; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 25144485899     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.04.038     Document Type: Article

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