Has mortality from malignant melanoma stopped rising in Spain? Analysis of trends between 1975 and 2001

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 997-1000

  Cayuela, Aurelio ^a   Rodriguez Dominguez S ^b   Lapetra Peralta, J ^c   Conejo Mir, J S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Progress and Health Foundation   (Spain)

^c Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous malignant melanoma; Epicemiology; Mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPAIN;

EID: 18944377300     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06517.x     Document Type: Article

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