Common melanocytic nevi in 7-year-old schoolchildren residing at different latitudes in Sweden

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Rodvall, Ylva ^a,b   Wahlgren, Carl Fredrik ^a   Ullén, Henrik ^a   Wiklund, Kerstin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HABIT; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; SKIN COLOR; SUMMER; SUNBURN; SWEDEN;

CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846565999     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0426     Document Type: Article

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