Factors involved in presentation of older people with thick melanoma

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 410-414

  Hanrahan, Pauline F ^a   Hersey, Peter ^a,b   D'Este, Catherine A ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACK; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032547755     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb126830.x     Document Type: Article

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