Association between dietary fat and skin cancer in an Australian population using case-control and cohort study designs

BMC Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Granger, Robert H ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Fryer, Jayne L ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745293299     PISSN: 14712407     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-6-141     Document Type: Article

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