Indoor Tanning and Melanoma Risk: Long-Term Evidence from a Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 147-156

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (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

cohort studies; indoor tanning; melanoma; Norway; prospective studies; tanning beds; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MODIFICATION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; INDOOR TANNING; INDOOR TANNING DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN COLOR; SUNBATHING; SUNTAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

NORWAY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBATHING;

EID: 85020236815     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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