Sunlight and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A population-based cohort study in Sweden

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 641-645

  Adami, Johanna ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b   Linet, Martha ^b   Glimelius, Bengt ^c   Ekbom, Anders ^a,d   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLVENTS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032946937     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<641::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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