Journal article
Multiple indicators of ambient and personal ultraviolet radiation exposure and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (United States)
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, Vol.101(3), pp.321-325
2010
Abstract
Recent epidemiologic studies have suggested that ultraviolet radiation (UV) may protect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), but few, if any, have assessed multiple indicators of ambient and personal UV exposure. Using the US Radiologic Technologists study, we examined the association between NHL and self-reported time outdoors in summer, as well as average year-round and seasonal ambient exposures based on satellite estimates for different age periods, and sun susceptibility in participants who had responded to two questionnaires (1994-1998, 2003-2005) and who were cancer-free as of the earlier questionnaire. Using unconditional logistic regression, we estimated the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals for 64,103 participants with 137 NHL cases. Self-reported time outdoors in summer was unrelated to risk. Lower risk was somewhat related to higher average year-round and winter ambient exposure for the period closest in time, and prior to, diagnosis (ages 20-39). Relative to 1.0 for the lowest quartile of average year-round ambient UV, the estimated OR for successively higher quartiles was 0.68 (0.42-1.10); 0.82 (0.52-1.29); and 0.64 (0.40-1.03), p-trend. = 0.06), for this age period. The lower NHL risk associated with higher year-round average and winter ambient UV provides modest additional support for a protective relationship between UV and NHL. © 2010.
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- Title
- Multiple indicators of ambient and personal ultraviolet radiation exposure and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (United States)
- Authors
- D M Freedman (Author) - National Cancer Institute, United StatesMichael G Kimlin (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyR W Hoffbeck (Author) - University of Minnesota, United StatesB H Alexander (Author) - University of Minnesota, United StatesM S Linet (Author) - National Cancer Institute, United States
- Publication details
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, Vol.101(3), pp.321-325
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Date published
- 2010
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.08.001
- ISSN
- 1011-1344
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2010. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449247902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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