Interventional three-year longitudinal study of melanocytic naevus development in pre-school children in Dresden, Saxony

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-66

  Wollina, Uwe ^a   Helm, Catherine ^a   Bennewitz, Annett ^a   Koch, Rainer ^b   Schaff, Kathrin ^c   Burroni, Marco ^d  

^a ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Saxon State Ministry of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (SMS)   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanocytic naevus; Objective image analysis; Pre school children; Primary prevention; UV light exposure

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SUNLIGHT PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84890234589     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1665     Document Type: Article

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