Sun exposure and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1985-1994

  Bodelon, Clara ^a,b,c   Cushing Haugen, Kara L ^a   Wicklund, Kristine G ^a   Doherty, Jennifer A ^a,d   Rossing, Mary Anne ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Histology; Ovarian cancer; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SUN EXPOSURE; TREND STUDY; TUMOR INVASION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84876052548     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0076-x     Document Type: Article

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