Hormonal and reproductive influences and risk of melanoma in women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 751-757

  Smith, Maureen A ^a   Fine, Judith A ^b   Barnhill, Raymond L ^c   Berwick, Marianne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Hormones; Melanoma; Menopause; Oestrogens; Oral contraceptives; Parity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT--WOMEN; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DERMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS--WOMEN; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; MENOPAUSE; NEOPLASMS--WOMEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031730318     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.5.751     Document Type: Article

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