Nonmelanoma skin cancer in the Federal State of Saarland, Germany, 1995-1999

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1205-1208

  Stang, A ^a   Stegmaier, C ^b   Jockel K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Saarland Cancer Registry ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Germany; Incidence; Registries; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242329780     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601294     Document Type: Article

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