Comparison of the site distribution of melanoma in New Zealand and Canada

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-235

  Bulliard, Jean Luc ^a   Cox, Brian ^a   Elwood, J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030741440     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970717)72:2<231::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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