Sunscreen use and subsequent melanoma risk: A population-based cohort study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 33, 2016, Pages 3976-3983

  Ghiasvand, Reza ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c,d,e   Green, Adele C ^f,g   Lund, Eiliv ^c   Veierød, Marit B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PROTECTION; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBATHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; SUNBURN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SUNBURN; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84994791371     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2016.67.5934     Document Type: Article

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