Red hairs, number of nevi, and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: Results from a case-control study in Italy

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 935-936

  Naldi, Luigi ^a   Randi, Giorgia ^a,b   Di Landro, Anna ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a  

^a Oncology Study Group   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL COUNT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE COLOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; ITALY; LENTIGO; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; NEVUS CELL; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SUNBURN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; ITALY; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33746095460     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.7.935     Document Type: Note

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