Nonmelanomatous skin cancer following exposure to atomic radiation in the United States

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-433

  Michael Morrissey Jr , W ^a   Murphy Jr , Robert X ^a,b   Scarlato, Michael ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344505260     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199802000-00028     Document Type: Article

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