Multicenter case-control study of risk factors for cutaneous melanoma in Valencia, Spain.

Autores de IIS La Fe

• Jose Bañuls Roca

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  Rafael Botella Estrada

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• Nagore Fernandez-Llanio Comella

  Autor

Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

• Ballester I
• Oliver V
• Moragón M
• Valcuende F

Abstract

It is important to identify subgroups within the general population that have an elevated risk of developing cutaneous melanoma because preventive and early-detection measures are useful in this setting. The findings of most studies that have evaluated risk factors for cutaneous melanoma are of limited application in Spain because the populations studied have different pigmentary traits and are subject to different environmental factors.