Season of birth and other perinatal risk factors for melanoma

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 793-801

  Crump, Casey ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a,b   Sieh, Weiva ^c   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Melanoma; Risk factors; Seasons

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONALITY; SKIN DISORDER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WINTER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUNLIGHT;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84901422184     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt277     Document Type: Article

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