Malignant melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany: A patient-vs. diagnosis-based incidence approach

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 564-570

  Stang, Andreas ^a,b   Ziegler, Sebastian ^a,b   Büchner, Ute ^a,b   Ziegler, Barbara ^a,b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Ziegler, Volker ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250313649     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03056.x     Document Type: Article

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