Skin cancer trends in northern Jordan

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-388

  Omari, Abdel K ^a   Khammash, Muhammad R ^a   Matalka, Ismail ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JORDAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELANOMA; PHENOTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645550240     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02444.x     Document Type: Article

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