Trends in the incidence of non-melanocytic skin cancer (NMSC) treated in Australia 1985-1995: Are primary prevention programs starting to have an effect?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-148

  Staples, Margaret ^a   Marks, Robin ^b   Giles, Graham ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031708836     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19981005)78:2<144::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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