Ultraviolet light exposure, pigmentary traits and the development of melanocytic naevi and cutaneous melanoma: A case-control study of the German Central Malignant Melanoma Registry

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 374-378

  Breitbart, Marianne ^a,k   Garbe, Claus ^b   Büttner, Petra ^c   Weiß, Jürgen ^d   Soyer, Hans P ^e   Stocker, Ulrich ^f   Krüger, Sabine ^b   Breitbart, Eckhard W ^a   Weckbecker, Jörg ^g   Panizzon, Renato ^h   Bahmer, Friedrich ⁱ   Tilgen, Wolfgang ^j   Guggenmoos Holzmann, Irene ^c   Orfanos, Constantin E ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k Department of Dermatology   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Epidemiologic study; Melanoma risk factors; Risk groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 8544221867     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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