Occupational ultraviolet light exposure increases the risk for the development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-307

  Schmitt, Jochen ^a   Seidler, A ^b   Diepgen, T L ^c   Bauer, A ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CITATION ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EUROPE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551485096     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10118.x     Document Type: Review

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