Effect of hair color and sun sensitivity on nevus counts in white children in Colorado

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-439

  Aalborg, Jenny ^a   Morelli, Joseph G ^b,c   Byers, Tim E ^a   Mokrohisky, Stefan T ^c,d   Crane, Lori A ^a,e  

^a Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Kaiser Foundation Health Plan   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Hair color; Interaction; Nevus; Phenotype; Sun sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HAIR COLOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; DERMATITIS, PHOTOALLERGIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 77955923044     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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