Long-term ultraviolet flux, other potential risk factors, and skin cancer risk: A cohort Study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1080-1089

  Wu, Shaowei ^a,b   Han, Jiali ^a,b,c   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Qureshi, Abrar A ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84903396841     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0821     Document Type: Article

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