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Anthropometric factors and risk of melanoma in women: A pooled analysis

  1. Catherine M. Olsen1,2,†,*,
  2. Adèle C. Green1,2,
  3. Michael S. Zens3,
  4. Therese A. Stukel3,4,
  5. Veronique Bataille5,6,
  6. Marianne Berwick7,
  7. J. Mark Elwood8,
  8. Richard Gallagher8,
  9. Elizabeth A. Holly9,
  10. Connie Kirkpatrick10,
  11. Thomas Mack11,
  12. Anne Østerlind12,
  13. Stefano Rosso13,
  14. Anthony J. Swerdlow14,
  15. Margaret R. Karagas3

Article first published online: 7 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23214

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 122, Issue 5, pages 1100–1108, 1 March 2008

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Olsen, C. M., Green, A. C., Zens, M. S., Stukel, T. A., Bataille, V., Berwick, M., Elwood, J. M., Gallagher, R., Holly, E. A., Kirkpatrick, C., Mack, T., Østerlind, A., Rosso, S., Swerdlow, A. J. and Karagas, M. R. (2008), Anthropometric factors and risk of melanoma in women: A pooled analysis. Int. J. Cancer, 122: 1100–1108. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23214

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  1. 1

    Cancer and Population Studies Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

  2. 2

    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

  3. 3

    Department of Community and Family Medicine, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

  4. 4

    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada

  5. 5

    Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St Thomas' Campus, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

  6. 6

    Dermatology Department, West Herts NHS Trust, Hemel Hempstead General Hospital, Herts, United Kingdom

  7. 7

    Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

  8. 8

    Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  9. 9

    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco CA

  10. 10

    Franciscan Health System, Tacoma, WA

  11. 11

    Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  12. 12

    Kobenhausevej 25, DK 3400 Hillerød, Denmark

  13. 13

    CPO—Registro Tumori Piemonte, via San Francesco Da Paola, Torino, Italy

  14. 14

    Section of Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, Sir Richard Doll Building, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom

  1. †

    Fax: +61-7-3845-3502.

*Cancer and Population Studies Group, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, QLD 4029, Australia

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 24 DEC 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 NOV 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 AUG 2007
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 MAY 2007

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  • US National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: 5 R01 CA62345 and CA52345

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