Does incidence of breast cancer and prostate cancer decrease with increasing degree of visual impairment

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 573-576

  Pukkala, Eero ^a   Ojamo, Matti ^b   Rudanko, Sirkka Liisa ^b   Stevens, Richard G ^c   Verkasalo, Pia K ^d  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b Finnish Regis of Visual Impairment   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blindness; Epidemiology; Medical record linkage; Melatonin; Neoplasms; Vision disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 33645499471     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-9005-6     Document Type: Article

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