Heterogeneity in host risk factors for incident melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer in a cohort of US women

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Qureshi, Abrar A ^a   Zhang, Mingfeng ^a,b   Han, Jiali ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Melanoma; Phenotype; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957508631     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100145     Document Type: Article

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