Basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid in Finland during 1953-97

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-220

  Paavilainen, Ville ^a   Tuominen, Juhani ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Saari, K Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Epidemiology; Eyelid; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; EYELID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 17644388470     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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