Sun exposure and melanoma risk at different latitudes: a pooled analysis of 5700 cases and 7216 controls
Author(s) -
YuMei Chang,
Jennifer H. Barrett,
D. Timothy Bishop,
Bruce K. Armstrong,
Veronique Bataille,
W. Bergman,
Marianne Berwick,
Paige M. Bracci,
Mark Elwood,
Marc S. Ernstoff,
Richard P. Gallagher,
Adèle C. Green,
Nelleke A. Gruis,
Elizabeth A. Holly,
Christian Ingvar,
Peter A. Kanetsky,
Margaret R. Karagas,
T. K. Lee,
Loı̈c Le Marchand,
R.M. MacKie,
Håkan Olsson,
Anne Østerlind,
Timothy R. Rebbeck,
Peter Sasieni,
Victor Siskind,
Anthony J. Swerdlow,
Linda TitusErnstoff,
Michael S. Zens,
Julia NewtonBishop
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyp166
Subject(s) - pooled analysis , medicine , melanoma , latitude , sun exposure , demography , dermatology , geography , confidence interval , cancer research , geodesy , sociology
Melanoma risk is related to sun exposure; we have investigated risk variation by tumour site and latitude.
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