Prenatal risk factors for cutaneous malignant melanoma: Follow-up of 2,594,783 Danes born from 1950 to 2002

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-161

  Olesen, Anne Vingaard ^a,b,f   Parner, Erik Thorlund ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^c,d   Olsen, Jørn ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Aalborg Psykiatriske Sygehus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MELANOMA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENMARK; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58349105997     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0294     Document Type: Article

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