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Childhood Body Size and the Risk of Malignant Melanoma in Adulthood

Malignant melanoma (MM) is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. Adult anthropometry influences MM development; however, associations between childhood body size and future melanomagenesis are largely unknown. We investigated whether height, body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)), and b...

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Autores principales: Meyle, Kathrine D., Gamborg, Michael, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Baker, Jennifer L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28369155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww128