Are low sun exposure habits a genuine strong risk factor for all-cause mortality or the result of bias?

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¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clintec, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm.
² Departments of Oncology and Cancer Epidemiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.

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P G Lindqvist et al. J Intern Med. 2017 Jun.

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doi: 10.1111/joim.12612. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clintec, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm.
² Departments of Oncology and Cancer Epidemiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.

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Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death: a competing risk analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort.
Lindqvist PG, Epstein E, Nielsen K, Landin-Olsson M, Ingvar C, Olsson H. Lindqvist PG, et al. J Intern Med. 2016 Oct;280(4):375-87. doi: 10.1111/joim.12496. Epub 2016 Mar 16. J Intern Med. 2016. PMID: 26992108
Response to 'avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death: a competing risk analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort'.
Hoffmann S, Sobotzki C. Hoffmann S, et al. J Intern Med. 2017 Jun;281(6):622-623. doi: 10.1111/joim.12613. Epub 2017 Apr 12. J Intern Med. 2017. PMID: 28334454 No abstract available.