Recent declines in worldwide mortality from cutaneous melanoma in youth and middle age

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Vecchia, Carlo La ^a,b   Lucchini, Franca ^c   Negri, Eva ^a   Levi, Fabio ^c,d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EUROPE; GROUPS BY AGE; JUVENILE MELANOMA; MELANOMA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033047752     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990331)81:1<62::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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