Extremely high levels of melanoma in Tauranga, New Zealand: Possible causes and comparisons with Australia and the northern hemisphere

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Salmon, Paul J M ^a,b   Chan, Weng Chen ^a   Griffin, Jenny ^b   McKenzie, Richard ^c   Rademaker, Marius ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Skin Centre Tauranga   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ozone depletion; Skin cancer; UV index; UV light radiation

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEW ZEALAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448973009     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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