Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 1006-1010 , December 2010

Increased prevalence of left-sided skin cancers

Portions of these data were included in a poster presentation entitled “The Association of Asymmetric Skin Cancers with Time Spent in an Automobile” at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting, February 1-5, 2007, Washington, DC.

  • Susan T. Butler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Susan T. Butler, MD, Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis University, 1402 S Grand Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63104.
    • ,
  • Scott W. Fosko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Saint Louis University Cancer Center, Saint Louis, Missouri

,Accepted 9 November 2009.

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 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(09)01501-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.11.032

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 1006-1010 , December 2010

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