The incidence of basal cell carcinoma in Croatia: An epidemiological study

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Celić, Dijana ^a   Lipozenčić, Jasna ^b   Tončić, Ružica Jurakić ^b   Ledić Drvar, Daniela ^b   Marasović, Dujomir ^c   Puizina Ivić, Neira ^c   Čabrijan, Leo ^d   Bradamante, Mirna ^a  

^a Medikol Outpatient Department   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Croatia; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CHILD; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 68149101401     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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