Body-site distribution of common acquired melanocytic nevi associated with severe sunburns among children in Lithuania

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1242-1249

  Valiukeviciene, Skaidra ^a   Gollnick, Harald ^b   Stang, Andreas ^c  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LITHUANIA; MALE; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN;

EID: 37549040924     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03369.x     Document Type: Article

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