Occupational sun exposure and risk of melanoma according to anatomical site

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2735-2741

  Vuong, Kylie ^a   McGeechan, Kevin ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^a,b   Cust, Anne E ^a,b   Mann, Graham J ^b   Aitken, Joanne F ^b   Giles, Graham G ^b   Kefford, Richard F ^b   Hopper, John L ^b   Schmid, Helen ^b   Holland, Elizabeth A ^b   Jenkins, Mark A ^b   Berwick, Marianne ^b   Begg, Colin B ^b   Orlow, Irene ^b   Kricker, Anne ^b   Venn, Alison ^b   Dwyer, Terence ^b   Gallagher, Richard P ^b   Marrett, Loraine D ^b   Theis, Elizabeth ^b   From, Lynn ^b   Zanetti, Roberto ^b   Rosso, Stefano ^b   Anton Culver, Hoda ^b   Gruber, Stephen B ^b   Wilcox, Homer ^b   Thomas, Nancy E ^b   Rebbeck, Timothy R ^b   Kanetsky, Peter A ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

case control studies; melanoma; risk factors; sunlight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUN EXPOSURE; VERY ELDERLY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896398191     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28603     Document Type: Article

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