Melanoma epidemic across the millennium: Time trends of cutaneous melanoma in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) from 1997 to 2004

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-218

  Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Lo Scocco, G ^b   Vinceti, M ^a   Albertini, G ^c   Raccagni, A Ascari ^d   Baldassari, L ^e   Catrani, S ^f   Donelli, S ^g   Ghetti, P ^h   Lanzoni, A ⁱ   Leardini, M ^j   Reggiani, M ^k   Santini, M ^l   Stanganelli, I ^m   Virgili, A ⁿ   Seidenari, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Unita Operativa di Reumatologia   (Italy)

^d Servizio Aziendale di Dermatologia   (Italy)

^e MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Osp Infermi   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Ospedale di Stato   (Italy)

^k BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^m ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Age; Distribution; Emilia Romagna; Epidemiology; Italy; Melanoma; Sex; Site; Thickness; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STATISTICS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38349044375     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02388.x     Document Type: Article

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