Pattern of skin cancer in southwestern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 776-779

  Al Maghrabi, Jaudah A ^a,b   Al Ghamdi, Abdulhameed S ^a   Elhakeem, Howaida A ^a  

^a King Fahad Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042852876     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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