Obesity and risks for malignant melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer: Results from a large danish prospective cohort study

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 901-904

  Præstegaard, Camilla ^a   Kjær, Susanne K ^a,b   Christensen, Jane ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Halkjær, Jytte ^a   Jensen, Allan ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; SQUAMOUS CELL SKIN CARCINOMA; BODY MASS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84922667471     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.438     Document Type: Letter

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