Cutaneous malignant melanoma in children and adolescents in Sweden, 1993-2002: The increasing trend is broken

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Karlsson, Pia M ^a,b   Fredrikson, Mats ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Division of Dermatology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Epidemiology; Melanoma; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELANOMA; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34250353529     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22692     Document Type: Article

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