Site distribution of different types of skin cancer: New aetiological clues

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-28

  Franceschi, Silvia ^a   Levi, Fabio ^b   Randimbison, Lalao ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030040065     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960703)67:1<24::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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