Changes from mid-1980s to late 1990s among clinical and demographic correlates of melanoma thickness

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-75

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Carli, Paolo ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Risk factors; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037283340     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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