Mortality from cutaneous melanoma: Evidence for contrasting trends between populations

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1887-1891

  Severi, G ^a   Giles, G G ^b   Robertson, C ^a   Boyle, P ^a   Autier, P ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Mortality; Prevention programmes; Sun exposure; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034035516     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1243     Document Type: Article

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