Skin cancer as a marker of sun exposure associates with myocardial infarction, hip fracture and death from any cause

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1486-1496

  Brøndum Jacobsen, Peter ^a,b   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a,b   Nielsen, Sune F ^a   Benn, Marianne ^a,b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Nationwide study; Skin cancer; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANCER; DATA SET; GENETIC MARKER; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIP FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; VERY ELDERLY;

NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84886431585     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt168     Document Type: Article

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