Skin cancer trends among Asians living in Singapore from 1968 to 2006

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-432

  Sng, Judy ^a   Koh, David ^a   Siong, Wong Chia ^b   Choo, Tai Bee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Center for Molecular Epidemiology   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asians; incidence rates; Singapore; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN COLOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SINGAPORE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 68849096515     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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