The simultaneous assessment of constitutional, behavioral, and environmental factors in the development of large nevi

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-206

  Cockburn, Myles ^a,b   Hamilton, Ann ^a   Mack, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SUNBURN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33847706852     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0273     Document Type: Article

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