Risk associations of melanoma in a Southern European population: Results of a case/control study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 671-679

  Nikolaou, Vasiliki A ^a   Sypsa, Vana ^b   Stefanaki, Irene ^a   Gogas, Helen ^b   Papadopoulos, Othon ^a   Polydorou, Dorothea ^a   Plaka, Michaela ^a   Tsoutsos, Dimosthenis ^c   Dimou, Anastasia ^a   Mourtzoukou, Eleni ^a   Korfitis, Valantis ^a   Hatziolou, Eftihia ^a   Antoniou, Christina ^a   Hatzakis, Angelos ^b   Katsambas, Andreas ^a   Stratigos, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Lentigenes; Melanoma; Nevi; Risk factors; Southern Europe; Sun exposure; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUNBURN; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 48149093646     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9130-0     Document Type: Article

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