A prospective, population-based study of 40,000 women regarding host factors, UV exposure and sunbed use in relation to risk and anatomic site of cutaneous melanoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 706-715

  Nielsen, Kari ^a   Måsbäck, Anna ^a   Olsson, Håkan ^a   Ingvar, Christian ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

melanoma; nevus; prospective; risk factors; sunbed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; NEVUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SUNBATHING; SUNBED; SWEDISH; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84861577155     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26408     Document Type: Article

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