Relationship between sunbed use and melanoma risk in a large case-control study in the United Kingdom

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3011-3013

  Elliott, Faye ^a   Suppa, Mariano ^a,b   Chan, May ^a   Leake, Susan ^a   Karpavicius, Birute ^a   Haynes, Sue ^a   Barrett, Jennifer H ^a   Bishop, D Timothy ^a   Newton Bishop, Julia A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBED; SUNBURN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859886459     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26347     Document Type: Article

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