Malignant melanoma in Cape Town, South Africa

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 998-1002

  Saxe, N ^a   Hoffman, M ^a   Krige, J E ^a   Sayed, R ^a   King, H S ^a   Hounsell, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031800451     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02266.x     Document Type: Article

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