The melanoma epidemic debate: Some evidence for a real phenomenon from Tuscany, Italy

Melanoma Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-130

  Chellini, Elisabetta ^a,c   Crocetti, Emanuele ^a   Carli, Paolo ^b   Martini, Andrea ^a   Giovannetti, Lucia ^a  

^a Cancer Institute of Tuscany   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incidence; Melanoma; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOPSY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247643835     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3280a60865     Document Type: Article

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