Epidemiology of malignant melanoma in urban and rural populations;Epidemiologie des malignen Melanoms in Stadt- und Landbevolkerung

H+G Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-33

  Rompel, R ^a,b   Weiss, H ^a   Zofel P ^a   Petres, J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

incidence; malignant melanoma; urban factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031048397     PISSN: 03010481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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