Cutaneous Melanoma and Obesity in the Agricultural Health Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 214-221

  Dennis, Leslie K ^a   Lowe, John B ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural Health Study; Body Mass Index; Body Surface Area; Farmers; Lentigo Maligna; Melanoma; Obesity; Sun Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPOUSES; SUNBURN;

EID: 38949191311     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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