Reported use of photosensitizing medications and basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: Results of a population-based case-control study [1]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2901-2903

  Karagas, Margaret R ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a,b   Umland, Virginia ^a   Tsoukas, Maria M ^c   Mott, Leila A ^a   Sorensen, Henrik T ^d   Jensen, Annette O ^d   Nelson, Heather H ^e   Spencer, Steven K ^f   Perry, Ann E ^f   Stern, Robert S ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ISOTRETINOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PSORALEN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 36248999382     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700934     Document Type: Letter

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