Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma of the skin: Analysis of the Singapore Cancer Registry data 1968-97

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1161-1166

  Koh, David ^a   Wang, H ^a   Lee, J ^a   Chia, K S ^a,b   Lee, H P ^a,b   Goh, C L ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Racial differences; Skin cancers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SINGAPORE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038685060     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05223.x     Document Type: Article

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