Cutaneous cancers in the Mosan region and Ardennes of Belgium

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-191

  Pierard Franchimont C ^b   Uhoda, I ^b   Pierard G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinoma; Malignant melanoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BELGIUM; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18744421900     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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