Skin cancer as a marker of sun exposure: A case of serious immortality bias

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 971-

  Lange, Theis ^a   Keiding, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; DYING; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; MALE; MELANOMA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84902679644     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu100     Document Type: Letter

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