Melanoma, past severe sunburns and multiple solar lentigines of the upper back and shoulders

Dermatology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-336

  Reguiaï, Ziad ^a   Jovenin, Nicolas ^b   Bernard, Philippe ^a   Derancourt, Christian ^a,c  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Lentigines; Melanoma, risk factor; Sunburn; Sunburn freckles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHOULDER; SUNBURN;

AGED; BACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENTIGO; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 43049087056     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114207     Document Type: Article

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