Risk factors for limb melanomas compared with trunk melanomas in Queensland

Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-91

  Green, Adèle C ^a,b   Siskind, Victor ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case control; melanoma; naevi; risk factors; site

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE BURN; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KERATOSIS; LENTIGO; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEVUS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855756456     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: 14735636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32834ec02f     Document Type: Article

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