Effect of ethnicity on the risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancer following long-term PUVA therapy

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1016-1021

  Murase, Jenny E ^a   Lee, Ernest E ^b   Koo, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; EGYPT; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; OUTPATIENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; SKIN CANCER; THAILAND; TUNISIA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; PUVA THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30044442303     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02322.x     Document Type: Article

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