Ultraviolet radiation at places of residence and the development of melanocytic nevi in children (Australia)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-107

  English, Dallas R ^a,b   Milne, Elizabeth ^c   Simpson, Julie A ^a,b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Melanoma; Nevus; Pigmented; Sunlight; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACK; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HOME; HUMAN; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VICTORIA;

EID: 30544434035     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0425-0     Document Type: Article

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