Incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma in the Ottawa region: 1996 to 2006

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 276-281

  Nevins, Tara ^a,b,c   Su, Yinghua ^a,b,c   Doucette, Steven ^a,b,c   Kanigsberg, Nordau ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRUNK; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64049086840     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2008.07075     Document Type: Article

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