Impact of gliding on the prevalence of keratinocyte carcinoma and its precursors: A cross-sectional study among male pilots in bavaria

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 393-394

  Zink, Alexander ^a   Hänsel, Ivonne ^a   Rotter, Markus ^c   Spinner, Christoph D ^b   Böhner, Alexander ^a   Biedermann, Tilo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALTITUDE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DEFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIRCRAFT; KERATINOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PILOTS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014906478     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2547     Document Type: Note

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