Ethnicity and cutaneous melanoma in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil: A case-control study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Luiz, Olinda C ^a   Gianini, Reinaldo José ^a,b   Gonçalves, Fernanda T ^a   Francisco, Guilherme ^a   Festa Neto, Cyro ^a   Sanches, José Antonio ^a   Gattas, Gilka J F ^a   Chammas, Roger ^a   Eluf Neto, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRANDPARENT; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860444509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036348     Document Type: Article

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