Melanoma incidence in central Italy will go on increasing also in the near future: A registry-based, age-period-cohort analysis

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-54

  Crocetti, Emanuele ^a,b   Carli, Paolo ^a   Miccinesi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age period cohort; Epidemiology; Estimate; Incidence; Malignant melanoma; Population based; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846185607     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000220634.31223.f7     Document Type: Article

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