Obesity and the incidence of skin cancer in US Caucasians

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 717-726

  Pothiawala, Salma ^a,b   Qureshi, Abrar A ^b   Li, Yunhui ^b   Han, Jiali ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; BMI; Melanoma; Obesity; Prospective cohort; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862810882     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-9941-x     Document Type: Article

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