Prevalence study of nevi in children from Barcelona: Dermoscopy, constitutional and environmental factors

Dermatology

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-214

  Aguilera, Paula ^a   Puig, Susana ^a,b   Guilabert, Antonio ^a   Julià, Marc ^a   Romero, David ^a   Vicente, Asunción ^b   González Enseñat, María A ^b   Malvehy, Josep ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Dermoscopy; Nevi; Sun protection behavior; Total nevus count

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BREAST CANCER; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EYE COLOR; FACE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NEVUS; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SPAIN; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPAIN; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 62049085036     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000183179     Document Type: Note

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