Pigmentary traits, family history of melanoma and the risk of endometriosis: A cohort study of US women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 255-263

  Kvaskoff, Marina ^a,b,c,d   Han, Jiali ^a,e   Qureshi, Abrar A ^a   Missmer, Stacey A ^a,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Epidemiology; Melanoma; Naevi; Pigmentation; Skin sensitivity to sun exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PIGMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAEVI ON THE LOWER LEG; NEVUS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SUNLIGHT;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHENOTYPE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896828152     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt235     Document Type: Article

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