Increase in incidence rates of basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer in New Hampshire, USA

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 555-559

  Karagas, Margaret R ^a   Greenberg, E Robert ^a   Spencer, Steven K ^a   Stukel, Thérèse A ^a   Mott, Leila A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032958834     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990517)81:4<555::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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