Re: "are patients with skin cancer at lower risk of developing colorectal or breast cancer?"

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 918-

  Frisch, Morten ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 63149159225     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp046     Document Type: Letter

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