The Queensland Study of Melanoma: environmental and genetic associations (Q-MEGA); study design, baseline characteristics, and repeatability of phenotype and sun exposure measures.

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Published in Twin Res Hum Genet on April 01, 2008

Authors

Amanda J Baxter1, Maria Celia Hughes, Marina Kvaskoff, Victor Siskind, Sri Shekar, Joanne F Aitken, Adele C Green, David L Duffy, Nicholas K Hayward, Nicholas G Martin, David C Whiteman

Author Affiliations

1: Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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