Assessing incidence rates and secular trends in nonmelanocytic skin cancer: Which method is best?

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-39

  Gallagher, Richard P ^a,b   Lee, Tim ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 0031857332     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/120347549800300110     Document Type: Article

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