Regional clinical registry data show increased incidence of cutaneous melanoma in Cape Town [7]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3 PART 1, 2008, Pages 197-199

  Jessop, Susan ^a   Stubbings, H ^a   Sayed, R ^a   Duncan Smith, J ^b   Schneider, J W ^c   Jordaan, H F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 42049100106     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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