Multicenter case-control study of risk factors for cutaneous melanoma in Valencia, Spain;Estudio multicéntrico de casos y controles sobre factores de riesgo de desarrollar un melanoma cutáneo en la Comunidad Valenciana

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 790-797

  Ballester, I ^a   Oliver, V ^b   Banuls J ^a   Moragon M ^c   Valcuende, F ^d   Botella Estrada, R ^e   Nagore, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^d Hospital la Plana de Villarreal   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Melanoma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868034677     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: 15782190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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