Prospective study of ultraviolet radiation exposure and mortality risk in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-533

  Lin, Shih Wen ^a   Wheeler, David C ^b   Park, Yikyung ^a   Spriggs, Michael ^c   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^d   Michal Freedman, D ^a   Abnet, Christian C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; mortality; prospective; sunlight; ultraviolet radiation; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY RISK; OZONE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETER; STROKE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OZONE LAYER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN D;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OZONE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881600383     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws589     Document Type: Article

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