Body site distribution of cutaneous malignant melanoma in relationship to patterns of sun exposure

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-280

  Elwood, J Mark ^a   Gallagher, Richard P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0032578715     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19981029)78:3<276::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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