Has mortality from melanoma stopped rising in Australia? Analysis of trends between 1931 and 1994

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7039, 1996, Pages 1121-1125

  Giles, Graham G ^a   Staples, Margaret P ^a   Thursfield, Vicky J ^a   Armstrong, Bruce K ^b   Burton, Robert C ^c  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029924679     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7039.1121     Document Type: Article

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