Smoking is inversely related to cutaneous malignant melanoma: Results of a meta-analysis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1540-1543

  Li, Z ^a,b   Wang, Z ^c   Yu, Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Chen, L ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SKIN TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983139931     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13998     Document Type: Letter

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