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Obesity and Risks for Malignant Melanoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer: Results from a Large Danish Prospective Cohort Study
Description: Here researchers addressed the association between obesity, measured as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), and waist:hip ratio (WHR), and risks for malignant melanoma (MM) and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), by the use of data from the prospective Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Cohort study including 57,053 participants enrolled from 1993 to 1997. [Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.438
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Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Publish Date: 3/1/2015
Reading Level: Expert
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