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Prospective study of UV exposure and cancer incidence among Swedish women
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Background: Except for skin melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer, little evidence from prospective studies is available on the association between UV exposure and cancer risk. Methods: We followed prospectively 49,261 women aged 30 to 49 years at enrollment in 1991 to 1992 for 15 years. Cancer incidence was analyzed by fitting Cox models, and estimating hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: 2,303 incident cases of cancer were diagnosed (breast: 1,053, ovary: 126, lu...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- American Association for Cancer Research Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Journal website
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 1358–1367
- Publication date:
- 2014-05-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2011-04-27
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- ISSN:
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1055-9965 and 1538-7755
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- pubs:657044
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- 2016-11-04
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- American Association for Cancer Research
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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