Diet and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: A prospective study of 50,757 Norwegian men and women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 600-604

  VeierØd, Marit B ^a,b   Thelle, Dag S ^a   Laake, Petter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Section of Medical Statistics   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; COD LIVER OIL; COFFEE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030998210     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970516)71:4<600::AID-IJC15>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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