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IJE Advance Access published online on November 3, 2009
International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyp326
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2009; all rights reserved.

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On the roles of skin type and sun exposure in the risk of endometriosis and melanoma

Marina Kvaskoff1,2,3, Sylvie Mesrine1, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon1 and Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault1,*

1Inserm, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, and Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
2Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Cancer Control Group, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
3University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

* Corresponding author. Inserm ERI-20, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif Cedex, France. E-mail: boutron@igr.fr

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In a previous issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology,1 we described significant associations between some cutaneous phenotypic traits associated with melanoma risk and the risk of endometriosis among participants of the French E3N cohort. Dr Grant argues that these findings can be explained by a low vitamin D level in women with these phenotypic traits.

First, Dr Grant's statement that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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