Trends in mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma in Belgium

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-45

  Bleyen, L ^a   De Bacquer, D ^a   Myny, K ^a   Brochez, L ^b   Naeyaert, J M ^c   De Backer, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age period cohort models; Belgium; Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Epidemiological method; Mortality rates; Time trends

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; BELGIUM; CANCER; CAUSES OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EUROPE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0033016546     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.1.40     Document Type: Article

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