Ultraviolet exposure and mortality among women in Sweden

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 683-690

  Yang, Ling ^a,b,c   Lof, Marie ^a   Veierød, Marit Bragelien ^d   Sandin, Sven ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^b,e   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,c,f,g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79955775787     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0982     Document Type: Article

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