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Self-reported skin cancer is unreliable

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Acknowledgments

The LEO Foundation and The Association of Danish Pharmacies hosted the skin cancer campaign.

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Dr. Wulfs/Miss Holms institution received grants from The LEO Foundation, during the conduct of the study. Outside the submitted work Dr. Wulf has received speaking honorarium from LEO Pharma and Galderma.

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  1. Department of Dermatology D92, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Ann-Sofie Sonne Holm & Hans Christian Wulf

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Holm, AS.S., Wulf, H.C. Self-reported skin cancer is unreliable. Eur J Epidemiol 30, 159–162 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-9992-x

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