History of Severe Sunburn and Risk of Skin Cancer among Women and Men in 2 Prospective Cohort Studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 824-833

  Wu, Shaowei ^a,b   Cho, Eunyoung ^b,c,d   Li, Wen Qing ^b,c   Weinstock, Martin A ^b,c,e,f   Han, Jiali ^d,g,h   Qureshi, Abrar A ^b,c,d,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; melanoma; skin cancer; sun exposure; sunburn

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLISTER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HAIR COLOR; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN;

EID: 84966534305     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv282     Document Type: Article

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