Diet and melanoma risk: Effects of choice of hospital versus population controls

Tumori

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 669-673

  Malagoli, Carlotta ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Sieri, Sabina ^b   Krogh, Vittorio ^b   Seidenari, Stefania ^a   Bergomi, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Diet; Epidemiologic methods; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56749091098     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400504     Document Type: Article

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