Cumulative ultraviolet radiation flux in adulthood and risk of incident skin cancers in women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1855-1861

  Wu, S ^a   Han, J ^a,b,c,d   Vleugels, R A ^a   Puett, R ^e   Laden, F ^b,d   Hunter, D J ^b,d   Qureshi, A A ^a,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; melanoma; residential history; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADULTHOOD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD RATIO; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; TREND STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84897570965     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.43     Document Type: Article

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