Obesity and risk of malignant melanoma: A meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 642-657

  Sergentanis, Theodoros N ^a   Antoniadis, Antonios G ^a   Gogas, Helen J ^a   Antonopoulos, Constantine N ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^b,c   Ekbom, Anders ^b   Petridou, Eleni Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body surface area; Melanoma; Meta analysis; Obesity; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; OBESITY; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84872678170     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.08.028     Document Type: Article

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