Risk Factors for Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin in Men: Results from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study
van Dam R, Huang Z, Rimm E, Weinstock M, Spiegelman D, Colditz G, Wiflett W, Giovannucci E. Risk Factors for Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin in Men: Results from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1999, 150: 459-468. PMID: 10472945, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaBCC riskCell carcinomaSun exposureElevated riskUS male health professionalsMale health professionalsHealth Professionals FollowConstitutional factorsRisk of BCCYears of ageRegion of residenceBlistering sunburnsProfessionals FollowProspective cohortRisk factorsNorth European ancestryHealth professionalsLifetime numberCarcinomaRiskMenRed hairEuropean ancestrySkin