Having children, social characteristics, smoking and the risk of uveal melanoma: A case-control study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 360-368

  Zinkhan, Melanie ^a   Stang, Andreas ^a,b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^c   Marr, Anja ^c   Bornfeld, Norbert ^c   Schmidt Pokrzywniak, Andrea ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Having children; Smoking; Socioeconomic level; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUN EXPOSURE; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887973267     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2013.844842     Document Type: Article

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