Epidemiology of basal cell carcinoma in the United Kingdom: Incidence, lifestyle factors, and comorbidities

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203-206

  Reinau, D ^a,b   Surber, C ^b   Jick, S S ^c   Meier, C R ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Clinical Pharmacy and Epidemiology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; basal cell carcinoma; body mass index; comorbidities; epidemiology; immunosuppression; incidence; smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OBESITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROSACEA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904134952     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.265     Document Type: Article

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