Do perinatal and early life exposures influence the risk of malignant melanoma? A Northern Ireland birth cohort analysis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1109-1116

  O'Rorke, M A ^a   Black, C ^b   Murray, L J ^a   Cardwell, C R ^a   Gavin, A T ^c   Cantwell, M M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Case cohort; Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Early life exposure; Maternal; Melanoma; Perinatal; Retrospective cohort; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; NORTHERN IRELAND; PARTURITION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874943903     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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