Risk of cutaneous melanoma associated with pigmentation characteristics and freckling: systematic overview of 10 case-control studies. The International Melanoma Analysis Group (IMAGE).

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Published in Int J Cancer on August 09, 1995

Authors

J M Bliss1, D Ford, A J Swerdlow, B K Armstrong, M Cristofolini, J M Elwood, A Green, E A Holly, T Mack, R M MacKie

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1: Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

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