Article
Phenotypic markers, sunlight-related factors and sunscreen use in patients with cutaneous melanoma: an Austrian case-control study.
Melanoma research - 1 Aug 1998
Wolf P, Quehenberger F, Müllegger R, Stranz B, Kerl H
Abstract excerpt
Sunscreens have been advocated to prevent burning in the hope that this will decrease the chance of developing melanoma. In a single-centre case-control study in Styria, Austria, we examined the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma in relation to phenotypic markers, sunlight-related factors and s...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Austria
- Case-Control Studies
- Drug Utilization
- Environmental Exposure
- Eye Color
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Hair Color
- Heliotherapy
- Humans
- Leisure Activities
- Male
- Melanoma
- Melanosis