Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 109-114 , October 2010

Are active sun exposure habits related to lowering risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women, a prospective cohort study?

  • Pelle G. Lindqvist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clintec, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Kvinnokliniken K 57, SE-14186 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 708 992545/46 8 58581628; fax: +46 8 58587568.
    • ,
  • Håkan Olsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology and Cancer Epidemiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Mona Landin-Olsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Clinical Science, Lund University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Received 1 April 2010 ,Revised 28 May 2010 ,Accepted 7 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.06.007

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 109-114 , October 2010

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