Seasonal pattern of the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma: A hospital-based study in a Mediterranean country

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1136-1140

  Nikolaou, Vasiliki ^a   Stratigos, Alexander J ^a   Antoniou, Christina ^a   Sypsa, Vana ^a   Stefanaki, Irene ^a   Papadopoulos, Othonas ^a   Danopoulou, Ifigenia ^a   Hampsas, Gregorios ^a   Plaka, Michaella ^a   Polydorou, Dorothea ^a   Katsambas, Andreas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35848966818     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03289.x     Document Type: Article

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