The control of melanoma in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1242, 2006, Pages

  Sneyd, Mary Jane ^a   Cox, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SURGERY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TUMOR VOLUME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN;

EID: 33749332977     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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