Cutaneous malignant melanoma in Swedish children and teenagers 1973- 1992: A clinico-pathological study of 130 cases

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 646-651

  Sander, B ^a,b   Karlsson, P ^a   Rosdahl, I ^a   Westermark, P ^a   Boeryd, B ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032946938     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<646::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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