Risk and protective factors for sporadic basal cell carcinoma: Results of a two-centre case-control study in southern Germany. Clinical actinic elastosis may be a protective factor

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 170-178

  Walther, U ^a   Kron, M ^b   Sander, S ^b   Sebastian, G ^a   Sander, R ^b,c,d   Peter, R U ^c,d   Meurer, M ^a   Krahn G ^b   Kaskel, P ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Federal Army Hospital   (Germany)

^d Skin and Plebo Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Risk factors; Smoking; Ultraviolet exposure behaviour; Wrinkling

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEILITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; LENTIGO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WRINKLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 4043064280     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06030.x     Document Type: Article

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