Seasonal variation in the month of birth in patients with skin cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1810-1813

  La Rosa, F ^a   Liso, A ^b   Bianconi, F ^a   Duca, E ^c   Stracci, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Regional Health Authority of Umbria   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer registry; seasonality; skin cancer; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; MONTH OF BIRTH; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; POPULATION RISK; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SEASON; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARTURITION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84908567411     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.522     Document Type: Article

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