Risk factors for histological types and anatomic sites of cutaneous basal-cell carcinoma: An Italian case-control study

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 935-944

  Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Di Landro, Anna ^b   Naldi, Luigi ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; TRUNK;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE COLOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAIR COLOR; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33947232305     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700598     Document Type: Article

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