Hypothesis: Hair cover can protect against invasive melanoma on the head and neck (Australia)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1263-1266

  Green, Adèle C ^a   Kimlin, Michael ^b   Siskind, Victor ^a   Whiteman, David C ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ear; Hair; Melanoma; Protection; Solar ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCALP TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EAR; FEMALE; HAIR; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33751071346     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-006-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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