European ancestry and cutaneous melanoma in Southern Brazil

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-307

  Bakos, L ^a   Masiero, N C M S ^a   Bakos, R M ^a   Burttet, R M ^a   Wagner, M B ^a   Benzano, D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Brazil; European; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60049088259     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.03027.x     Document Type: Article

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