Accuracy of self-reported nevus and pigmentation phenotype compared with clinical assessment in a population-based study of young Australian Adults

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 736-743

  Cust, Anne E ^a   Pickles, Kristen M ^a   Goumas, Chris ^a   Vu, Thao ^a   Schmid, Helen ^b   Nagore, Eduardo ^c   Kelly, John ^d   Aitken, Joanne F ^e   Giles, Graham G ^f,g   Hopper, John L ^f   Jenkins, Mark A ^f   Mann, Graham J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DERMATOLOGY; EYE COLOR; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927948334     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: 15387755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-1203     Document Type: Article

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