Site- and gender-specific time trend analyses of the incidence of skin melanomas in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) including 19 351 cases

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1610-1618

  Stang, A ^a   Stabenow, R ^b   Eisinger, B ^b   Jockel K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b New Federal States of Germany ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

(MeSH): Cancer registry; Cohort effect; Epidemiology; Germany; Incidence; Mortality; Skin melanoma

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038646653     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00359-9     Document Type: Article

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