Birth weight and melanoma risk: A population-based case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-182

  Franco Lie, I ^a   Iversen, T ^b   Robsahm, T E ^c   Abdelnoor, M ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Case control study; Melanoma; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MELANOMA; NORWAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MELANOMA; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38049047691     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604159     Document Type: Article

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