Errors in assessing risk factors for melanoma: Lack of reproducibility is the minor problem

Melanoma Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 300-301

  Pfahlberg, Annette B ^a   Gefeller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECALL BIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SUN EXPOSURE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NORWAY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MELANOMA; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 58149375985     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328308da8e     Document Type: Letter

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